Like so many others, We Cut the Cable a few years ago...

Just a scenic photo to accompany this post...seasonal.

Our metro-area, Chicago, has several broadcast TV options for local news. WGN-TV is especially good for weather forecasts and alerts in our region.  

We gave up on most "print-media" even before we dropped cable. I have not physically held a newspaper in years. (Books, yes. I still want a physical connection with the book I am reading.)

Much news and current events, etc. can be had on the internet, as we all know.

But my favorite "find" of the past few years is the amazing array of entertainment and instruction on You Tube. Instead of being spoon fed whatever nonsense the entertainment industry coughs out, I can find my own mindless chatter (if I want), or any other kind of programming I want!

I could only have dreamed of this luxury--even just a few years ago.

Current obsessions? I can't stop watching the videos produced by UK life-stylist Lisa Comfort, both on her channel and her "Sew Over It" brand. We love to listen to Jordan Peterson's talks, there is all kinds of news programs to choose from. Another sewing channel is "The Fold Line".  A family owned candy company in upstate New York, Hercules Candy, produces wacky, fun videos of the process and methods of making and marketing their extensive range of  treats. Mom, Dad and the grown kids banter and laugh as they work. Many other genres: travel, hobbies -- the world is your oyster.

I could have put links to the channels I mentioned--they are easy to find, anyway. But my "You Tube" galaxy will be different from yours.

Dad's 99th Birth Anniversary

Here, seen with Granddaughter Emma about 2005