Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just passing 4:30 a. m. in "The City." A current temperature of 43° is the low point for tonight/this morning, before we climb back up to 69° under partly cloudy skies. No precipitation is in the forecast. However, I reprise my previous comment, Brrrrrr!

The sun will rise this morning at 7:22 a.m., and set when the new moon rises at 7:58 p.m. That new moon means the it is dark outside the WW. The only traffic out there is carrying the people who work in the bars and restaurants here in GH. Or, they are the late customers of those establishments. Either way, there aren't many vehicles in sight.

Sports yesterday was a mostly good day, that is unless you count the news in baseball. The men in blue lost to the Phillies, 5 - 7. The Tigers were postponed for the second straight day in their scheduled game against the Indians. Past experience tells me that the missed game will not be made up if those two teams are not headed for the playoffs. Their collective records tell me that that isn't going to happen. My beloved Red Sox fell once again to the the Rays, 4 - 8. The Caps also lost against their opponent, the Lansing Lug Nuts, 4 - 5.

Football was a better story. The UM Wolverines pounded the Oregon State Beavers in the Wolverines home opener, 35 - 7. The MSU Spartans kept me up until late as they took the entire game to overcome the Oregon Ducks, 31 - 28. Any win is a good one, but that was a close call. The NIU Huskies easily dispatched the Murray State Racers, 57 - 26.

Pro football begins anew today. The Lions take on the San Diego Chargers at 4:05 p.m. local time, and the Bears take on their perennial rivals, the Green Bay Packers in a 1:00 p.m. game.

I did get the cold frame painted yesterday. That one coat paint took two coats to fully cover the surfaces. That's more likely due to my painting skills than the quality of the paint. It looks great. I also got started highlighting the latest book. This one is going much faster, but that's because I made a personal vow to restrict my comments as I read. Mary likes my comments, but that activity slows me down as I read for effect.

Steph and Adam stayed over last night. Adam and I went for a ride in Stephany's new Jeep™. Later Mary and Stephany walked downtown to look at hats. Adam and I caught up with the ladies at the hat shoppe. We collectively journeyed to the new brew house in town and then to the second or third favorite favorite watering hole in GH. Their placement in the pantheon is determined by where Mary and I are in town, or how lazy we are, or whether it is Sunday when one of the places is closed.

We came home to finish watching the Spartans, when both Stephany and I got tired. Mary and Adam continued to talk, while Steph retired to the warmth of the covers of their bed. I was off to the media room before succumbing to my fatigue, whereupon I headed for bed. I have to admit that I was hoping against hope that the Spartans would hang on for the win, and as you will recall, they did.

Today, the kids will head south while the sun shines and I will get back to highlighting while Mary goes back to indexing. That should be enough  for me. Ciao.