Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 10:45 p.m. in "The City."

Not much happened today. I guess you could say that when you are retired, that's a good thing. 

We have a current temperature of 46° under partly-cloudy skies. However it feels more like 39° with winds blowing out of the south @ 18 mph.

The barometric pressure being reported by the NWS in GR is 30.17" and falling, while my own DTWS shows 29.56" and rising. GR is about 30 miles inland from GH and the "Big Lake", so their weather is very often different than ours. 

The NWS has also issued a Gale Warning for Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to Manistee, with winds blowing out of the south @ 25 - 30 knots and gusts as high as 40 knots! That Gale Warning is in effect now until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. Waves are forecast to reach as high as 7 - 10 feet!

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 7:11 a.m. and set later @ 5:17 p.m. Also tomorrow, we are supposed to see a high temperature of 57° and an overnight low of 49°.

I got in some good practice on my music today. I am still working on single notes on my harmonica, but I am more often hitting them than not, at least most of the time. My guitar playing was good, I actually nailed a B7 chord, which if you know the guitar, is a hard one, well at least for me. However, I still can't successfully play an F minor chord very often. The chord gets muffled too often. Once again, my singing left me less than satisfied.

I did move my music from a 3-ring binder that too often let the music I play get loose, to a more sturdy and positive locking 3-ring binder, so that's all good.

On to other business. We are sorely missing our children. With the pandemic, we and they cannot gather for the Thanksgiving holiday, so we'll have to use some form of video chat to create an incredible simulation of the day. Next year for sure, maybe. 

I am nearly ready to install the new coat hooks in the mud room. I painted the screws that were sent with the hooks white, since the hooks are white and the screws were zinc plated silver. They will look much better.

Otherwise, we are hoping to find a replacement for Lark Rise to Candleford, as we watched the last episode yesterday. We're trying David Copperfield, but I'm not sold yet. 

I also plan to do more reading. I am not certain about the crossword situation, as the Tuesday edition of the Grand Haven Tribune which contains both Monday's and Tuesday's puzzles, was delivered yesterday and we won't risk being exposed to the Covid virus. I may have to wait until Friday.

I should mention, that Mary called our snow removal man, who also does  landscaping, and she arranged to have he and his crew do a final fall cleanup. I like doing it, but it seems that for a yard with no trees, we have more than our share of leaves on the ground. It is getting to be too much for me. 

The trainspotting has been odd of late. Last night @ 11:10 p.m., I watched MMRR locomotives 2170 and 2019 pass by @ a high rate of speed, towing 11 CHCs. 2 DBTCs, 5 DWTCs, and 5 CGCs. I have yet to be awake for the northbound runs which occur around 3:00 a.m. I may see tonight's southbound run soon, if the RR is following their current schedule. I like sleeping through the night.

I signed off too soon. I just watched those aforementioned locomotives once again heading south @ 11:04 p.m. with a 8 CHCs and 14 CGCs, all fully loaded, in tow. THis train was like last night's run, moving very quickly. I think that Mary is right, someone is going to get hit by one of these trains as they pas through several intersections with the streets of GH that have no crossing gates, only warning lights. 

No pictures tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Ciao.