Morning Open Thread - Selections from Buddy Holly's 20 Golden Greats (1978)

"Love recognizes no barriers." - Maya Angelou

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Good morning everyone. Here it is Friday already—time flies when you’re having fun (but not necessarily during a pandemic lockdown).

Not much to report from the gulf coast this week. Work was fine: at least as fine as work can be under such circumstances and in this heat. Still, I’ve felt a bit of a wavering on the summer’s brutality. The temps aren’t quite getting to suffocation levels and the evenings are almost pleasant. While I know that fall is still a ways off for south Louisiana, I can see the signs that it will be here eventually. The summer, it seems, is getting tired.

I do hope everyone has had a week to remember and that the weekend still holds some surprises.

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What's on your mind this morning?