Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City." I've been busy for a few days, more on that in a moment, so I haven't' blogged for a couple of days. Did you miss me?

But I digress. At 3:03 a.m., the northbound run of the local train rumbled through. Engines 2013 and 2057 had the lead. Judging by the overly zealous use of the horn, the "Horn Happy" engineer was at the throttle again. It may be a reaction to the recent Amtrak tragedy, but at 3:00 a.m., the chance of running into something in GH is relatively small. Following the twin locomotives, were 10 DBTCs, 13 CHCs, one lone box car, and then five more DBTCs. Those DBTCs look ominous as they rumble past in the darkness outside the WW.

I had a great time the other day at the Irish Jam. About 10 players came due to the wonderful weather we were enjoying. That's not unusual at this time of year. I took Ivy, my 12-string guitar, this time. I decided to live on the edge and take her in my soft-sided traveling case instead of her regular home of a hard-shell case.

I had suggested that we try a tune called Gary Owen, the marching song of Custer's 7th cavalry and a great Irish jig. It sounded good and we've decided to keep it in our repertoire. For those of you who remember, there was an Erroll Flynn movie, They Died with Their Boots On, that featured this song. With a good mix of fifes and drums, it sounds great. Here's a link to one version of that song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQIml1MpxfQ

To get back to the reason I've been unable to blog, I was actively engaged in aiding Mary on her latest project. The final index turned out to be 75 pages of detailed information, accompanied by 12 pages of a table that was part of the index. My part at this time was small, checking for spelling, grammar, and whether the page numbers were located in the right place and sequence. Mary's part was more involved, but that's the price you pay for fame.

I think I have today off, at least from heavy work. Mary doesn't have time to take a day off, yet. To paraphrase Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick, from the movie Casablanca, "Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon."

I do have another book to highlight sitting my desk, but this one is only 176 pages. That's a walk in the park after 1,000 plus pages. The last index and table were almost that long.

Today, I should do some basic household chores that have been piling up. Strangely, while I did many of them while Mary was working and I was foraging, they seem to keep coming back. Go figure.

STWD and I will take the morning walk today after the sun rises at 6:17 a.m. on a partly cloudy day. Our current temperature of 48° will be dropping to 37° before it climbs back to 51°. We'll be in the 50s and lower 60s through Friday.

In sports, the boys in blue lost on Sunday to the Pirates, 0 - 3. They begin a series in San Diego tonight after having Monday off. The Tigers should have taken Monday off, as they lost to the Brewers, 2 - 3. My beloved Red Sox fell to the Mariners on Sunday, 0 - 5. They start a new series tonight against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park in Boston. The Caps played yesterday and beat the Bowling Green Hot Rods 3 - 0. Alas, the Blackhawks lost Sunday afternoon to the Ducks, 1 - 4.

That looks like enough for one morning. The sun will be setting at 9:05 p.m. tonight. Ciao.