Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be in "The City" or its environs. It is just past 3:30 a.m. and our current temperature is 72° as we head for this morning's low of 69°. Once the sun rises at 6:54 this morning, we are supposed to get to a partly cloudy high of 78° with a 20% chance of showers. Saturday looks about the same.

Thursday, Mary and I finished the latest project. We have a system that allows us to work independently and collectively to achieve maximum effect. Wow, that was just a bit of hyperbolic business jargon. I have to be careful, or they'll revoke my AARP membership. My early efforts for the next project are done. Now I have to get busy on the latest project once it arrives. However, the boss paid me for my recent efforts and so I have the day off. today. Since we had two days of significant rains, I don't have to water anything on the palatial estate. I did find time to cook the vegetables that were near their shelf life. Carrots, beans and celery now await my palate today.

Since Mary tells me that she will be working all day and night for three days, I am on my own for meals. To paraphrase the Terminator, I'll live. Sugar and I will take our morning walk, I'll pick up the newspaper, and do the crossword, and then I'll read one of the books I picked up yesterday. Both books are of the type that lend themselves to a quick read.

Mostly, I'll just try to stay quiet and out of the way. Mary will periodically burst into the kitchen to scarf down a hard boiled egg or something. I will take time to transcribe some music that I've wanted to work on for a few days.

Speaking of music, Mary discovered a great movie/documentary on the cable last night. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, Another Day, Another Time, was/is a compilation of the music for the Coen Brother's movie Inside Llewyn Davis. This movie is a documentary about the 60s Greenwich Village music scene. Burnett toured with Bob Dylan, has written and performed many songs, and with Burnett's wife, he was a producer for the TV series Nashville's first season. Mary watched it twice, I came along and watched it one and one half times. It was superb and included some music by Joan Baez, Patti Smith, and many other musicians. They rehearsed upstairs at the Town Hall in New York, and then performed on the main stage in one night only. What a treat. I'd recommend this documentary to anyone.

In sports, the boys in blue took the suspended game from the Giants, 2 - 1. In the night cap, they lost to the Giants, 3 - 5. My beloved Red Sox are going to cost their manager his job, as they dropped another game to the Rays, 0 - 2. The Tigers got great pitching, but no hitting as they lost to the Rays, 0 - 1. The Caps enjoyed another win, this one over the Dayton Dragons, 5 - 0.

So that looks like enough for yesterday and today. Since I have the day off, I plan to use my time unwisely. Maybe I'll pop in and out of Mary's office in homage to Leslie Nielsen's character in the movie Airplane!. In that role, Nielsen periodically pokes his head into the cockpit and says,"Just want to tell you both, good luck, we're all counting on you." I'm sure that will make her day. Then I'll go back to reading.

The sun will set at 8:36 tonight. Ciao.