Good morning or good evening, wherever  you may be. It is just passing 4:00 a.m. in "The City.

Here's a refresher about why I call our little part of the world "The City." Years ago, the producer/director/actor, Jack Webb, created, produced, acted in, and often directed his radio and later TV show, Dragnet. He always referred to his city. Los Angeles, CA, as "The City." So, I decided that if it was good enough for Jack, it was good enough for me. I might also mention that my mostly usual opening; "Good morning or good evening, wherever  you may be", is borrowed from Geoege Noory and his radio program, Coast to Coast A.M. As before, if it's good enough for George etc.

But I've digressed long enough. Yesterday afternoon, Mary and I decided that it was a good day for gathering signatures to place on the 2016 MI ballot, an initiative regarding the practice of Fracking. People need not have an opinion at this time, just a desire to place an initiative on the ballot so that regular people get an opportunity to vote on the issue, either pro or con.

We gathered many signatures, but we also talked to people who didn't want to commit to anything, people who were too busy, and people who are all too happy to let others decide for them. If you know Mary, you know that she doesn't suffer fools very well. After about one hour of canvassing, she had had enough and we repaired to our favorite watering hole.

There we came in to a Tigers game in which Jeff Samardzija, the pitcher for that other team from Chicago, was cruising along with a four run lead, 4 - 0. But in the bottom of the eighth inning, he imploded, loaded the bases, hit a battier and surrendered a bases clearing triple to the Tigers. His relief in the bottom of the ninth, surrendered a walk off home run to the Tigers and the sad saga of Jeff Samardzija continued.

Elsewhere in sports, the boys in blue fell to the Cardinals in a sweep of their series, 1 - 4. My beloved Red Sox took another game from the Rays, 5 - 3. The Caps fell to the Lug Nuts, 5 - 7.

I ended up watering yesterday, not trusting on the forecast for rain today, which has been downgraded to a 40% chance of showers later. I suspect that STWD will be fine with no rain or thunder.

Otherwise, my new novel reading is going well. I like this author's style. She is from England, but her book could take place anywhere in the world, not just a suburb of London, England.

I hope to get in more time with the girls today and also get to the man-cave for those wind chimes. Along with painting on Mary's door, refinishing the cabinets in the upstairs bathroom. and the sundry other things that make running the PE a time consumer, I have plenty of projects to keep me busy.

In any event, the sun will rise at 6:08 a.m.and set at 9:28 p.m. Ciao.