Every Thursday, I share three good things from today, in the past week, and/or in the week or weeks to come, to focus on what is good. I encourage you to share in the comments your three good things too, if you want. I was introduced to thinking on three good things for the week by Deb Nance of the blog Readerbuzz who lists hers every Sunday on her blog.

I won’t lie that sometimes it is hard to accentuate the positive when the state of the world is in such disarray. But I still think it’s important for me, and for you, to remember the good in our lives and those around us, maybe especially in light (or dark) of the state of the world. That said, today’s three good things for me are going to be brief:

1. I celebrated 17 years of blogging on WordPress.com on Sunday and in October, I will be celebrating 20 years of blogging altogether.
2. I have the day off today from work, during which  one of the couple things I had planned was a grocery pickup (already done). Also tonight my wife Kim is off work, starting tonight into tomorrow so we’ll be chilling, probably with some funny TV.
3. I finally finished my first book of the year, The Other End of the Line, the 24th in the Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. I don’t think it was his best, but it was an okay book for my first book of the year. Now on to No. 2, which maybe I’ll finish by the end of April. I used to read anywhere from 40 to 80 books a year, but since 2020, I’ve had a difficult time focusing on reading. I can focus on TV (not news), movies, music, podcasts, and of course, my own belly navel, but that’s about it. Why? Sadly, see about state of the world above.