Some historic anniversaries

Meant to post this yesterday.  But things interfered.  

• March 11 is the 177th anniversary of the achievement of responsible government in the Province of Canada, March 11, 1848. Details here if you need.
• It's also the fifth anniversary of the official declaration of the Covid pandemic.
  

But I really wanted to mention that today is the fifth anniversary of the day I had surgery to remove my cancerous prostate gland. Thursday I am going to see the surgical urologist who performed the operation. I trust we will celebrate my completion of five years cancer-free -- and doing well in all other respects too.

I don't like to think what the consequences might have been if my surgical appointment had been a week later and indefinitely postponed due to the pandemic.  

But this is mostly a personal suggestion to the men in my readership. Don't neglect your PSA tests. If not for one of those, I probably would not be blogging at you any more.