New Hips in Fall City

In and out of the hospital in two days, I now have one new hip and am awaiting scheduling for the second. It's a good time to take care of all this because the weather is so winter-like and there seems to be no sign of Spring anywhere in sight. I did manage to get the lawn mowed and may (if it warms up a bit) rototill the garden so I'll be prepared for planting when it Spring finally arrives...maybe never. There's no good news anywhere. Politicians continue to lie and cheat, nuclear fall-out abounds, health care is almost non-existent, wars drag on, the economy is still dead and I've lost most of my savings. These are dark times.