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

It is a dark and cloudy night in GH. Sorry, I just had to start out that way. Actually, it really is a cloudy night and the current temperature is 42°. After the sun rises later this morning @ 8:11 a.m., the NWS is forecasting that today's high will reach 55°, also under cloudy skies. We'll motor slowly through the day until sunset @ 6:44 p.m. In between there is no precipitation in the forecast until later in the day. Then, there is another chance on Saturday.

Tonight, my beloved Red Sox are in La La Land to face the Dodgers @ 8:09 p.m., with Rick Porcello on the mound and the best outfield in baseball on the field. Since the Sox are in a National Leagues ballpark, there will be no designated hitter in tonight's game. The Sox are up 2 - 0 in the World Series™.

The MSU Spartans take the field on Saturday when they host the Purdue Boilermakers @ 12:00 p.m.

The Wolverines are off this week.

The Huskies of NIU are @ BYU to face the Cougars @ 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Bears will play on Sunday as they host the Jets @ 1:00 p.m. EDT.

We had vegan hammish and cheese sandwiches with corn as a side for lunch. I asked for and received a terrific vegan pizza for dinner. I liked them both, but now Mary is out of pizza dough.

Speaking of Mary, she traveled to the grocery store after lunch for a short visit to buy some spices and to redeem our coins that we have been collecting. What should have been a short, fast trip, became an extended visit due to a snafu with the coin redemption machine. For those of you who don't know or who don't remember, the term SNAFU is actually an acronym that stands for "Situation normal, all fouled up." She resolved the problem, but it took the better part of an hour. Ginger was getting nervous.

I did exactly as I planned yesterday. I read, I did the crossword, and I walked with STWD. I didn't get to play with the girls. Today, I have that MRI appointment @ 12:45 p.m. after I have once again walked the intrepid weather dog and we have dropped Ginger @ daycare. Our current plan after my appointment is to go down to the "Big Lake" and take some pix with my new telephoto lens. Other than that, nothing is happening. Ciao.