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

Well, ladies and gentlemen, there is no joy in Beantown nor in GH. My beloved Red Sox were swept by the Indians. David "Big Papi" Ortiz took his final bow before he fades into retirement and the record books. There will be no World Series between the Sox and the Cubs. Big Papi deserved a better ending to a storybook season. Sigh.

Speaking of the Cubs, they went into extra innings before surrendering to the Giants late last night in extra innings. I listened until the game ended here well after 2:00 a.m. The game started well for the Cubs and starting pitcher Jake Arietta. Arietta hit a three-run dinger in the top of the 2nd and pitched well for six innings. Then the relief staff took over and after four pitchers surrendered the lead, Kris Bryant tied the game @ five-all in the top of the 9th. The Giants failed to change the score in the bottom of the inning and so the game went into extra innings, finally ending when the Giants scored in the bottom of the 13th with a walk-off 6 - 5 win. We'll get them tonight @ 8:30/7:30 p.m.

The Nats lead the Dodgers in their playoff series 2 - 1. The Nats may finish off the Dodgers tonight or the Dodgers may tie the series starting @ 5:00 p.m.

Both the Blue Jays and the Indians are off until the ALCS begins on Friday @ 8:00 p.m. One of those teams will be the AL representative in the World Series.

Trainspotting yesterday was only half achieved. I saw the southbound run of locomotives 2057 & 2019 @ 11:51 a.m. I think the horn-happy engineer was at the throttles. The horns never stopped from one end of GH to the other. In tow were three BCs, seven CHCs, 10 DBTCs, some with anhydrous ammonia as their intended cargo, and two DWTCs marked hydrochloric acid. that were bringing up the rear.

I had a great day yesterday. I played with Susanna in the mid-afternoon and then I went outdoors to repair that back door I've been meaning to get around to for about three years. I also added some additional screws to the deck to take the place of some that had rusted away. All in all, a good day for me.

Mary had to revise the latest index and that occupied a goodly portion of her day. She wants it to be done, but somehow I think it will be back for further revisions. She did take some time to put together a nice salad for lunch.

We traveled to the animal shelter in West Olive to check out the small dogs available for adoption. None yet, but sadly, there will always be more. We may go out today to check @ another shelter in Muskegon. The latest book for indexing is not due in until Wednesday, so we have a day to spare for frivolous activities.

We returned from the shelter visit and a stop @ Sporty's, and then Mary created what I would call lasagna, but which she wouldn't. Nevertheless, it was delicious.

I hope to read more today and play more with the girls after the morning safari. Mary will be chatting in the early afternoon. Other than those few things and the possible visit to the animal shelter, we have no specific plans. I may have to mow the lawns of the PE, but that shouldn't take long.

The current temperature is 55° under partly cloudy skies. We expect a high today of 68° under partly cloudy skies. Rain is in the forecast from the NWS for Wednesday evening with an 80% probability.

The sun will rise today @ 7:55 a.m. and set @ 7:06 p.m. Ciao.