Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:00 a.m. in "The City."

We have a current temperature of 38° under sunny-skies that feels more like 33° with a wind out of the north @ 8 mph. We were supposed to have a Gale Watch in effect until 8:00 a.m. today, but the NWS has apparently revised their forecast. Gee, there's a surprise. 

Our current temperature corresponds with the overnight low of 38° before we rise once again to today's high temperature of 66°, which is 11° warmer that yesterday's high. It was chilly enough yesterday, that I had to put on long pants and wear a fleece to go out with our fur-children and last night, Mary even turned on the heat. 

We had a relatively mild, albeit snowy-winter, a chilly spring, interspersed by a few scattered warm days which morphed into yesterday's high of 54°. Once again, that will bring forth moderate temperatures until we jump back to the 80s a week from tomorrow. The sun rose this morning @ 6:09 a.m. and it will set later @ 9:15 p.m.

Speaking of tomorrow, the 105th running of the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" the Indianapolis 500, sees the drivers start their engines for a 12:30 p.m. start, with Scott Dixon on the pole. Dixon, of New Zealand, drives for the Chip Ganassi team, and he is a former winner of the 500 in 1992, when he was also the pole-sitter. Be there!

The 28 - 22 Cubs eked out a win over the 22 - 27 Reds yesterday, as Adbert Alzolay held the Reds to no runs and the Cubs offense produced only one run, a home run by David Bote. Today's game @ 2:20 p.m. EDT features RHP Zach Davies, 2 - 2, on the mound for the Cubs.

My beloved 31 - 20 Red Sox got the win in a game shortened by rain over the 24 - 27 Miami Marlins last night, 5 - 2. The win went to RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 5 - 2. The Sox benefited from a three-run home run off the bat of Alex Verdugo. Today's game begins @1:10 p.m., when LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, also 5 - 2, takes the mound for the beloved. 

The 20 - 31 Tigers also eked out a win over the 29 - 22 Yankees last night in 10 innings, 3 - 2, with a walk-off home run by Robbie Grossman, the first walk off home run of his career. Rookie RHP Casey Mize, 3 - 3, looked sharp, but Tigers' manager, A.J. Hinch had to go to the bullpen with the score tied, so Mize did not get the win. Today's game begins @ 4:10 p.m. when RHP Spencer Turnbull, 3 - 2, takes the hill for the Tigers.

The 12 - 9 West Michigan White Caps, AKA the Caps, stole a win from the 11 - 11 Lake County Captains last night, 2 - 1. The Caps and the Captains play again tonight @ 6:35 p.m.

We mostly stayed indoors yesterday. John came by and did his Handyman thing on a few odd jobs around the manse. I know how to do most things, but at my age, I prefer to let John do them rather than risk life and limb. 

Mary made another old-family recipe for dinner last night. Once again, I don't know whose old family, but nonetheless, it was a delicious. Dinner was vegan macaroni and cheese that used chickpea pasta, vegan sour cram, mushrooms, and spices to create what I think is a definite keeper. 

I finished my Richard Wright book, The Man who Lived Underground, and I enjoyed it immensely. I  have started a new to me pulp-fiction book.

Today, indoor chores, a visit to Health Hutt by Mary, and that's about it. Ciao.