It's a good day today. A cold front blew through this morning with gusty winds, and temperatures fell some 20 degrees. Tomorrow morning is forecast to be an almost nippy 48 degrees. I'm gonna have to break out some blankets tonight.
The average number of new covid cases in Georgia (1,723) dropped below 2,000 cases for the first time since my birthday (July 25), and way below the August 31 delta-variant peak of 9,244 cases per day. No one is really sure why - Georgia has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country - but I'll take any reduction is caseloads that I can get.
Meanwhile, out in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center is tracking no developing storms at this time. No hurricane activity. None. The ocean is as calm as it ever can be for this time of year.
So that's all good news - cool weather, no hurricanes, and dropping covid numbers. Meanwhile, the No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs beat a surprisingly good Kentucky Wildcats football team, 30-13, to go 7-0 on the season and retain their No. 1 ranking.
And the Boston Red Sox bounced back from last night's Game 1 loss in the American League Championship Series and beat the Houston Astros in Game 2 today with not one, but two grand slam home runs in the first two innings. That's the first time in modern baseball history that there has been two grand slams in one game. The final score was 9-5 and the series moves to Fenway Park on Monday night.
So let's acknowledge reasons to be cheerful. The good guys are winning, at least in sports, and the world is getting healthier. It's easy to prevent the arising of ill will under these conditions.
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