Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be,. across the nation and across the world. It is just past 8:30 a.m. in "The City." The NWS is forecasting a 60% chance for showers and/or T-storms this afternoon after 1:00 p.m. In addition, there is a chance for Gale Force Winds within those T-storms, which also caused the NWS to issue a Small Craft Advisory from St. Joseph to Manistee. That Small Craft Advisory will be in effect from right now until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night.

Plus, the NWS has also issued a continuation of that Beach Hazard Statement for the counties of Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, and Van Buren here in MI, also from now until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. Locally, the current temperature is 61 The° under partly-cloudy skies as we head towards today's high-temperature of 76° as those aforementioned T-storms roll in this afternoon. Our overnight low-temperature forecast from the NWS calls for 65° after the sun sets @ 8:08 p.m. 

My DTWS is showing a barometric pressure reading of 29.15" of Hg and rising, which seems to conflict with the forecast for afternoon precipitation, Hmmm. The "Real Feel" temperature is a brisk 59°, which for Mary is the perfect fall temperature, not unlike Goldilocks porridge, which we all know was "Just Right!"

The Baseball news yesterday was only one win versus two losses. The suddenly and way too late to the party surging Cubs, took a game from the Reds, 4 - 3. That makes it seven straight wins for the Cubs as the also late to the party and mostly slumping in 2021 Ian Happ, got a three RBI home run to go with the RBI single off the bat of the surprising Frank Schwindel. Will Schwindel be another of those players who, like many past Cubs' players, was signed to a big contract for next season only to fizzle out? Stay tuned. The Cubs and the Reds play again tonight @ 7:40 p.m.. EDT as RHP Adrian Sampson, 0 - 1, and 29 years old, makes his next start for the Cubs. Talk about your cast of "Who are these guys?"

My beloved Red Sox squandered a seven-run lead to the Rays last night, losing to the Rays. 10 - 11. The Red Sox bullpen once again imploded, no surprise there, as the Sox have so many relief pitchers and regular players on the too dumb to get vaccinated list, that fielding a team is a challenge for manager Alex Cora. In fact, one of the Sox regular starting pitchers, Nick Pivetta was recently added to that list. 

I don't care what the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLB™ and the players union says, there comes a point where common sense has to overrule the reluctance of the players to get vaccinated. Just saying. At any rate, the Sox and the Rays play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m. tonight when LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, 11 - 7, makes the start for the Sox. 

The Tigers seemingly took two steps forward recently, but one step back, as they fell to the Pirates yesterday, 3 - 6. The Tigers announced that relief pitcher Joe Jimenez and bench coach George Lombard tested positive for the Covid virus. As I was saying, there comes a time...The Tigers and the Pirates play again tonight @ 6:35 p.m. when RHP Wily Peralta, 3 - 3, makes his next start. 

The Caps play the Loons tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

Elsewhere in the local news, even though Labor Day is not a "Fireworks Day", local pyromaniacs set off several large explosions near the manse yesterday afternoon that at first didn't faze STWD, but which finally sent her to her hide-e-hole for several hours. The cooler overnight hours and daytime temperatures have allowed us to turn off the A/C and open the windows on the upper and lower levels, but that comes at a price to STWD. 

I spent the better part of the afternoon in Mary's office reading, while Mary was listening to an audio-book and cross-stitching. Of course, the fur-children joined us there, except when Ginger had to go downstairs periodically to bark at anything that got her attention. 

Today, we have an appointment at the veterinarian for the fur-children and I  have indoor chores to accomplish. That's all folks! Ciao.