A to Z Blog Challenge -- A -- 5 on Friday - Set 311

Welcome to Day 1 of this year's April blog event -- the A to Z Blog Challenge !
This is my sixth year participating. I've finished the challenge every year except for last year -- ironically enough, I was home from work on medical leave and was shocked to find that my wide-open time schedule could not make up for the fact that I was not feeling well enough to keep up the pace.
However, as this year's challenge dawns, I am back to work and feeling up to taking on twenty-six blog posts in thirty d...