"mandilón" - you are so funny! My husband wears a long-sleeved, high collared shirt when he goes out shopping in the mornings. 'Course, he gets up at 5 a.m. It's a nice 80 degrees by the time I get up, so I don't own any such shirts! The weather's been sweet!

It's good snuggling weather at night right now. We are so fortunate here.

But if you don't have any long-sleeve shirts, what do you wear if you go someplace like Taxco or Pátzcuaro?

As of today Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 1,558 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (same as yesterday), 124 that have resulted in fatalities, 14 that are currently active, and approximately 1,317 that have recovered.

Much of the nation seems to have the pandemia more or less under control except for parts of Mexico City where they are putting stricter measures in place to try to get the spread down. Three states are currently under Semáforo Verde which means much more normality for them: Chiapas, Veracruz and Campeche.

Gobernador Hector Astudillo Flores announced that the end-of-the-year fireworks displays in Acapulco, Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa and other traditional venues will be called off this year. Many of us are quite pleased to hear this. I know I am.

There was the suggestion of a nip in the air early this morning. At the insistence of my wife I had to wear a t-shirt with actual sleeves, no tank top, to check the water in our tinacos before the sun came up. Yes, when it comes to my santa mujer, I am proudly mandilón.

Calm waters and perfect weather... again!