I don't know about you, but I don't like this earlier-than-usual move to daylight savings time. At this time of year, I really like getting up with the bird chorus -- the 10 or 15 minutes before dawn when the birds celebrate with their singing the coming of a new day! But with the time change, when the alarm goes off at 6:00 AM, I'm up before the birds!

A friend and I got out on our bicycles today (well after the sun had risen). We took the ferry across the James River, to the rural roads in Surry County. The total ride was 36 miles, by far the farthest I've ridden since being sick. We averaged just under 13 miles per hour, so I'm a couple of mph below the pace for a bike club ride Not bad, at this point. My thighs are complaining a little bit. But the good news is that my breathing is entirely clear! I can take deep breaths without coughing! That's still new enough to be a novelty. I think that histoplasmosis was with me for a long, long time before it finally caused the respiratory crisis.