Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. Whether you are in "The City" or anywhere else, I hope you all had a great day on Tuesday and that today also brings good fortune. We are fast closing on 4:00 a.m.

I have an odd bit of news regarding trainspotting. While I didn't personally witness any trains yesterday nor early this morning, Tuesday's edition of the Grand Haven Tribune had a story regarding the southbound run of Monday's train. Apparently south of here, near West Olive, MI, the train was travelling at 23 mph and struck a pick up truck that had stopped on the tracks. No one was injured, but the train was delayed for 45 minutes. Fortunately, the trains along this short line route never get up to a high rate of speed.

In other news, I got all of my chores done, so I have  nothing that has to be done today. Mary says that I overdo, and she is probably right, but I like to get things done.

We did walk to the Post in the late afternoon/early evening. I had plans to watch the baseball game, a real twofer, and I did see some at the Post. I'd have been better off to skip that match-up. One good thing, if the boys in blue can win game two of this short series, I get to have a draw for my two favorite teams. If not?

Speaking further of sports, the boys in blue faced off against the Tigers. The boys ace pitcher, Jon Lester, looked less like an ace and more like a guy just going through the motions. The boys lost 0 - 6 and the Tigers won 6 - 0. My beloved Red Sox fell to the Orioles, 0 - 1. The Caps had the day off.

Today I may work in the kitchen on a snack dish that I like to make, garbanzo beans/chickpeas, roasted in hot sauce. STWD likes them too. Go figure. The beans themselves are all ready to go, since I soaked them and Mary finished their cooking. The roasting part will be easy.

Otherwise, I plan to do as little as possible, The weather report is calling for showers early today, but around these parts, that's always a guess more than a forecast. We have a current temperature of 71° as we head down to the overnight low of 57°. That's my way of saying that I'll be taking the morning safari with STWD, and that's about it. Reading. playing with the girls, and that aforementioned work in the kitchen should be about it.

The sun will rise at 6:05 a.m., and set at 9:23 p.m. Ciao.