Good morning GH. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 66° as we head down to a morning low of 59° just before sunrise at 6:03 a.m. Today, we have a chance of showers that is purported to be 50% and a high of 71°. Much the same for Tuesday, except that the high is not supposed to get much past 64°. We'll just have to wait and see.

Sunday found both Mary and I working on the project. In fact, we need to finish it today, once Mary is done with her part. Then I become an editor once again. Mary feels confident that things are going well. Ask me about that tomorrow morning. Sugar the Weather Dog is sleeping downstairs. She often does that when Mary stays below to watch Book TV™. I didn't even stop off to watch TV, I just went to bed. That's what happens when we get home late. We didn't get out until nearly 5:00 p.m. for dinner. Mary made omelets for breakfast, but that was around 10:00 a.m. so they had worn off. Fortunately for our intrepid Weather Dog, Mary fed Sugar before we went out. I don't recall if Mary has witnessed it, but when Sugar wants her dinner or just to be noticed for time in the "Bone Zone", she blocks the rear exit.

I hear the train a comin', it's rollin' round the bend; sounds like the horn happy engineer is at the throttle. The train is late or early by normal standards, as its passage is happenin' at 3:30 a.m. Twin northbound EMD GP 38 locomotives towing a mix of covered hopper cars and two of my "favorite things", black tank cars.

In sports, the boys in blue once again have reverted to their losing ways. The Pirates defeated them, 1 - 2. The Tigers defeated the Indians to sweep their fourth series this season. This game finished at 10 - 4. My beloved Red Sox pulled out a win, 7 - 6, over the Oakland As. Alas, the Sox are still six games under .500, and four games back in their division of the A.L. East. Sigh.

Today, time to walk with Sugar the Weather Dog, watch the gardens on the palatial estate grow, dust, and edit. That should be a full day. I just hope that it isn't still going on at midnight. I'll be up writing before I go to bed. However, there is a saving grace, as noted below.

Speaking of late night activities, the sun will set a 9:27 p.m. I am listening to Mary's favorite overnight radio program, Coast to Coast A.M.™ with substitute host George Knapp. Normally the show is hosted by George Noory, a Detroit native. The conversation is about aliens, Neanderthals, ghosts, the origins of the human species, and miscellany; the usual fare for late night listeners. What does the government know and how long have they known it? Did aliens attempt or possibly succeed in kidnapping the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, a few years back? Those answers and more coming up after 4:00 a.m. There is a great spoof song done by UFO Phil on YouTube™, if you are interested. Ciao.