Good morning GH. It is just past 6:30 a.m, in "The City." I was sleeping soundly until Mary just had to tell me a about a job she had accepted and another she had just turned down. In any event, things will be topsy-turvy for another few days.

I did get my gardening done yesterday, so at least that's out of the way. I moved some plants, separated others, and raked up the first of the falling fall leaves. Wow, that's a nifty turn of a phrase.

The trains passed through yesterday, beginning at 9:57 a.m. A fully loaded series of cars were being towed by locomotives 2019 and 2057. The cars included 31 CHCs, three BCs, three DBTCs, one GTC, and four WTCs, filled with hydrochloric acid. I used to worry about a spill and fire from the DBTCs, now I have to worry about a spill from one of those WTCs fill with acid. I hope that our public safety people here in GH have had training in dealing with a spill of that type of hazardous material. The northbound run happened at 3:30 p.m., with the same locomotives in reverse order towing 25 CHCs, nine DBTCs, and one of those WTCs.

In sports, the boys in blue had the day off. They face their division rivals, the Pirates, this afternoon at 2:20 EDT. The Cubs need one win to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008. Jon Lester needs to bring his A game today to beat the Pirates. The Cubs now have a 20 game winner in Jake Arrieta. I am betting that Arrieta's salary next year's  will be a lot higher. The Tigers defeated that other team from Chicago, 7 - 4. The Red Sox fell to the Rays once again, 2 - 4.

Tomorrow, the number two team in the Big 10, the Wolverines of Michigan, take on the BYU Cougars, as the other number two team in the Big 10, the Spartans of MSU, face off against the Chippewas of Central Michigan. The second ranked team in the Mac 10, the Huskies of NIU,  need to beat the Boston College Eagles. A busy day in college football.

So today is another day of highlighting, as the sun rises in about one hour, at 7:35 a.m. Nearly 12 hours later, the sun will set at 7:37 p.m. Ciao.