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

My DTWS is showing a current temperature of 54° versus that being reported by the NWS, 53°. I'll go with the very local 54°.

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:41 a.m. and set later tonight@ 7:27 p.m. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."

I am probably going to eschew anymore baseball new, that is unless my beloved Red Sox manage to overhaul those Damn Yankees and nail down the second AL Wild Card spot. Right now, the Sox are one game in back of the Yankees with four games left in the regular season. The Sox won last night over the Orioles, 6 - 0, while the Yankees fell to the Blue Jays, 5 - 6. Can the Sox pull a rabbit out of their collective hats? Stay tuned, as the Sox and the Oriole play again tonight beginning @ 7:05 p.m., when RHP Nick Pivetta, 9 - 7, makes his final start of the regular season. 

By the by, the Yankees are also in action tonight against the Blue Jays beginning @ 7:07 p.m. Do the Blue Jays have another win in their pockets? They are four games in back of the Yankees in the Wild Card standings, but they can play the role of spoiler.  Are the Yankees going to fold? Once again, stay tuned.

Otherwise, not much is happening around here. I went to a grueling P/T session yesterday and then came home to make vegan Italian burgers, two of which became part of our dinner along with our own recipe vegan Coleslaw as a side. 

I finished my latest novel, The Bourne Treachery, late last night. In this man's opinion, since this book was written by someone other than the late Robert Ludlum, it was not of the same quality as the Bourne books penned by Ludlum. 

Mary finished listening to her latest book on an E-Reader service called Libby, and she loved it. I have to ask if she stayed awake long enough to watch the book vanish into the ether as it was on electronic loan. That's how anything that becomes due or is returned on Libby is handled, it just disappears.

I read an article written by Dr. Fiona Hill, a former member of the previous administration that Mary had forwarded to me. It was very sobering and I have to discuss it with Mary.

We have our Covid booster shots scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at a local chain pharmacy store. Everything I've read indicates that the side-effects should be minimal. Here's hoping.

Otherwise, not much is on tap here. More painting, more music, more puzzle solving and more retirement for both of us along with more cross-stitching and listening for Mary. Ciao.