Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City", with a current temperature of 56° heading down to 51° before we rebound to a high of 57° under cloudy skies. Right now, there is a hint of fog outside the Weather Window. I saw the tendrils wrapping themselves around the passing train at 4:00 a.m. Friday the temperature warms to 60° with a 30% chance of showers in the evening. On Saturday, the forecast reverses, with a 30% chance of showers in the morning and those same cloudy skies.

All that is my way of saying that the leaves that Mary and I placed in bags at the curb for today's pick up need to be replaced with more raking and bagging today and for several more days, while things stay dry. Since we don't have a curb side, city supplied, service to vacuum up the leaves, we now have the "privilege" of buying bags, raking the leaves, and carting them to the curb several times in the fall. But, we saved taxes for the city.

Speaking of that train, I heard the southbound run at about 12:30 a.m. The northbound run occurred at about 4:00 a.m. The usual EMD GP 38 locomotives, #s 3885 in red, and 2014 in the newer livery, towing nine covered hopper cars with a gray tank car bringing up the rear.

Last evening, Mary and I walked to the community center to see that play I mentioned. My Dearest Friend, which used as it's basic premise, former president John Adams flashing back to his life with Abigail. This was after her death, with the letters the couple had exchanged over many years providing the information. Both Mary and I liked the play, a lot. Afterwards, in a Q and A session with members of the audience, someone remarked that not much has changed in politics in over 200 years.

Mary suggested that we add the playbill to our Christmas tree ornaments Ala Steph and Adam. So, we'll have to get it laminated and then we can do that. All in all, this was a great opportunity to view a slice of history presented in an entertaining fashion. Unfortunately, a theater with 180 seats was only about 1/5 filled, if that. Everybody was next door at the library. At least we think so.

So today, my highlighting begins after I walk with Sugar the Weather Dog and likely before I get to raking those leaves in the afternoon. That way Mary can get to work while I'm out enjoying the fall weather. Once again the bags will multiply, the leaves will continue to fall, and life will be as it should be in small town America. The sun will rise at 7:58 a.m. EDT and set at 6:58 p.m. EDT. That's a short 11 hour day. Ciao.