The time stamp on my computer is different from DU's.

Right now my computer says it's 8:07 p.m. here in California.

Checking various threads shows that DU has gone to daylight savings time, or something resembling that.

Is that what's happening?

It feels like Spring's here in MB's Farmer's Market!

FINALLY. I have a surgery date.

For those of you who may not remember the back story, here's a couple of links:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036153011

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220893845

Apparently, scheduling a surgery takes longer than you might expect. But there are various things that need to happen before scheduling. For instance, the drug I'm on (Tagrisso) needs to be on board for 90 days. I just passed that date a few days ago. Also, an appropriate hospital needs to be on the list (it is.) and the doctor doing the surgery needs to have privileges there, which she does.

I don't yet have a time when the surgery will start. But the day is definitely fixed:

MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2026.

There are other small procedures to be done, but this is the important one.

Now, I need to ready myself, my psyche and my body, for this unprecedented surgery. I've never had a surgery like this before and it looks a little scary. All my joint replacements got to be routine. This is not.

As I did before, I will give each response a rec when I've read it.

My love and thanks to all of you!

Manhattan Beach's Farmer's Market Photos From Today . . .

It has been awhile . . .

I have an Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max, and there's something I need to do.

I have some text messages on my phone and I need to transfer them to my desktop's email. I don't have email on my iPhone!

Does anyone know how to do this? Is it even possible?

Thanks in advance!

I felt like playing in my light box tonight . . . Here's a couple of pics.

Well, I no longer have a problem. It's about hosting the contests and it's been solved.

As many of you know, I have lung cancer, and it looks like my surgery will be scheduled for early March. The date has not been chosen yet, but it should be chosen in the next week or so.

The problem is that I had signed up to run the March contest. That cannot happen; I'll be in the hospital for maybe 4 or 5 days and then I will go home for more recuperation.

So we need a volunteer for March. But that's not all.

I also signed up to run the May contest, which should not be a problem for me. But April needs a volunteer also.

So we need 2 volunteers to run March and April.

I'm sorry for the late announcement.

For anyone who might be interested, I do have some guidelines available to explain the hosting process. And I will stand by, as I can, for anyone who has questions.

Let me know, OK?

Before the rain--my photos from Manhattan Beach's Farmer's Market!

From a liberal friend; Possible Rules for ICE: