Heading into the 9 o’clock hour, temperatures have dropped to 41 degrees over cloudy skies that are somewhat brightening. We are now looking at 67 degrees on Saturday and 72 on Sunday, both days under bright blue skies. Every day things are getting greener in the city.

Listening to Tim McGraw’s Cowboy in Me on this damp and dark bus ride downtown. Like it was 2001 once again, the urge to roam, the urge to ride, I guess that’s just the cowboy in me.

44 degrees and mostly clear this evening around sunset at 7:35 pm. Darkness tonight at 8:04 pm. Those long spring evenings are rapidly returning. But I still wish it was a bit warmer for going down to the park. Later in the week the mercury will creep up quite a bit.

Today in 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt’s death.

Ten years later to the day, the polio vaccine, developed by Dr.Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. This horrific disease is mostly something for the history books.

Get your motors running, as it’s John Kay of Steppenwolf’s birthday. As we are all born to be wild. That’s still a great song, a half century later.

Almost to work. Have a great Tuesday.