Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City."

Yesterday was a mixed bag of happenings. I returned and replaced a defective item from the bathroom and replaced another piece that had gotten rusty after many years. I road tested the front door that I had repaired and found it to be much improved. Mostly, I just sat back and did as little as possible while Mary worked on her latest index and chatted with her colleagues around the country.

No trains yesterday.

In sports news, the men in blue won another game, this one over the Reds, 4 - 1. The Tigers once again proved inept as they lost to the Rangers, 6 - 7. Brad Ausmus gets to keep his job managing the Tigers next year. Was this lousy season his fault? Not entirely, but the manager usually gets blamed for losing in spite of injuries, losses to free agency, bone headed plays by his players, and seemingly nonsensical trades by a GM who was let go by the owner. My beloved Red Sox once again had their way with the Yankees. By the end of the first inning, the Sox were up 6 - 0, on their way to a 10 - 4 whooping of the Bronx Bombers.

STWD and I got out for our morning walk under threatening skies. Mary journeyed to the library to return some books and pick up some new ones for her post-index world. Sugar and I raced home as the rains began to fall. Mary was blissfully unaware as she wandered the stacks at the library. She found out about the rain as she left the building. Even though she had the foresight to take an umbrella, she still got a wet umbrella arm and and wet pants legs in her short journey home. The rain passed about 2:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon.

I don't know what Mary picked up for herself, but for me she picked up a couple of books. One I just started is the latest in a series by Richard Baldwin, a Michigan based author, entitled Made a Killing in Copper. It is the last in this series. This one is in response to reader requests that he set one in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I like to read books by MI based authors. My last series was written by David Walks as Bear. I liked those books, but unfortunately he passed away about two years ago. He was a Native American Coast Guard retiree who wrote about what he knew, the Coast Guard and Native American lore and legends.

I did try playing with the girls again, and I had a better time of it. Mary suggested that I have to be sure to not overdo, and take time off between sessions. I also realized that I hold a book in my affected left hand when reading, which puts additional strain on that already overtaxed thumb joint. I'll have to teach myself not to do that. Like teaching myself to eat left handed when I was rehabbing from my shoulder surgery. However, I am severely right handed.

I have no specific plans for today, except that I have been strongly cautioned to not bother Mary as she finishes the index that is due today if I don't want to be editing at 10:00 p.m. tonight. I can work with that.

On the weather front, pun intended, the rain has passed until Sunday, but the temperatures will remain in the sixties for the foreseeable future. Thursday will be windy and most days will be at least partly cloudy. The sun will rise at 7:41 a.m. and set at 7:28 p.m. Ciao.