Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and around the world. It is just past 6:00 a.m. in "The City."

We have a current temperature of 70º partly-under cloudy skies. A wind speed of 16 mph makes it feel like 70º. Today's high-temperature forecast of 75º will also be under partly-cloudy skies with a more comfortable RHI of 66 %.

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:03 a.m. EDT and it will set later this evening @ 8:28 p.m. EDT.

As all too often happens, the predicted storms yesterday mostly split up over the "Big Lake" and went around our fair city. Today marks the beginning of 15 days of below 80º temperatures. The chance to walk with the fur-children has now been vastly improved with the lower temperatures and the lower RHI.

We have a Beach Hazard Statement in the forecast for Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, and Van Buren counties in effect until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. Northwest winds from 20 to 30 mph will make swimming extremely hazardous. That means that swimmers are warned that they should not be going into the hazardous waters of Lake Michigan.

Swimming near the north piers will be especially dangerous due to strong currents near the pier. Swimmers are warned by the Red Flags on the beaches to remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and they should not venture out on piers. This includes the North Beach in South Haven, Holland State Park, Muskegon State Park, Mears State Park in Pentwater, and Stearns Park in Ludington. In addition, the possibility of strong Rip Currents and the very real possibility of swimmers being pulled farther into the lake are also indicated.

In addition, we have a Small Craft Advisory in effect for the "Big Lake" from St Joseph to Manistee for that same time period. While that warning poses no concern for the big ships that regularly visit GH, inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in those hazardous conditions.

Yesterday we got back to normal here at the manse.  We watched another episode of The Man in the High Castle and the third of four episodes of Dr. Thorne. We are enjoying both series.

I made more vegan Italian sausages, as planned, two of which became part of our dinner with Tater Tots™ on the side. Our brunch was Chickapea™ pasta with Daiya™ vegan cheese sauce.

Ginger and I actually witnessed both ends of the train runs past the manse yesterday. At 8:15 a.m., MMRR locomotives 2019 and 2025 were observed passing by on the RSTL heading south, towing 13 CHCs, and six DBTCs, all fully loaded.

Later, @ 12:24 p.m., we watched as those same locomotives passed by towing two DBTCs, and one DWTC.

We also read more of the Mary Trump book and I read my own novel too.

Since it was late by the time we arose, we didn't get much else accomplished. I found some time to practice my calligraphy, but that was about it.

Oh, Mary cleared out her sewing cabinet that had been replaced by our new shelving unit.

Mary chose this shelf because of its neutral black color and its size. My camera has a new home when not in use.

We placed the sewing cabinet at the curb in hopes that it would find a new home, which took about one hour before it was taken. Repurposing at its best!

Baseball news yesterday was not good.

The 18 - 13 Cubs returned to action and hit four home runs. Unfortunately, they also struck out 14 times! So their game versus the 14 - 17 Reds ended as a 5 - 6 loss for RHP Kyle Hendricks, 3 - 4, and the Cubs. Today's game @ 4:10 p.m. EDT features RHP Yu Darvish, 5 - 1, starting for the Cubs.

My beloved 10 - 22 Red Sox once again looked bad, this time versus the 12 - 17 Washington Nationals. The Sox lost the game, 2 - 10. Starting and losing Red Sox LHP Martin Perez, 2 - 4 vows this about the beloved. "We're going to keep fighting!" Tonight would be a good time to start, as tonight's game @ 7:30 p.m. EDT will see RHP Chris Mazza, 0 - 1, on the mound after his callup from the alternate training site in Toledo.

The 13 - 16 Tigers, fresh from their win over the Cubs, on Thursday, had the day off yesterday as bad weather postponed both ends of their doubleheader against the visiting 20 - 12 MN Twins. Today's first game @ 1:10 p.m. will see 0 - 4 LHP Matthew Boyd, while the second game will feature rookie LHP Tarik Skubal, 0 - 1 pitching for the Tigers. The missing game will be made up later in the season.

Today, we must give Ginger a bath and we must find time to work the crossword puzzle from Wednesday's edition of the Grand Haven Tribune. Days seem to get away from us in retirement and also during this pandemic. The fur-children are the only beings in the manse who seem to have a clear sense of what is going on around here.

We may do some indoor chores too. I want to read more, play more harmonica, play more guitar, and watch more TV. Mary wants to get her crafts organized now that some of them have been moved to new locations. Ciao.