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", where the sun will rise on the first day of Eastern Standard Time @ 7:27 a.m. and it will set at what will seem quite early tonight @ 5:28 p.m. 

In between, I have no specific plans. The Small Craft Advisory will end this morning @ 8:00 a.m.

Speaking of time, I got all of the cocks reset with the exception of the clock over my workbench in the man-cave. 

The current temperature being displayed on my DTWS and also in the forecast from the NWS is 51°. The NWS states that the "Real Feel" temperature is 49° with a slight wind out of the southwest @ seven mph.

Yesterday was not a good day for fans of the now 8 - 1 Spartans of MSU. The Spartans were outplayed by a scrappy squad of Boilermakers from Purdue who are now 6 - 3. The Spartans had too many stupid penalties and too little offense as they fall for the first time this season, 29 - 40. The Spartans have dropped to 5th place in the CFP standings. They did not look good, while the Boilermakers looked like a team on a mission. 

The Spartans are home next Saturday @ Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, MI for a 4:00 p.m. game versus the Terrapins of Maryland, who are 5 - 4. The Spartans should be able to beat Maryland, but after yesterday's fiasco, who knows.

On the other hand, the also 8 - 1 Wolverines of Michigan took command of their game against the 2 - 7 Hoosiers of Indiana right from the start and they never looked back en route to a 29 - 7 win. Last week, the Wolverines lost to MSU, but that was not indicative of the talent on Jim Harbaugh's squad. 

The Wolverines travel east to face the 6 - 3 Nittany Lions of Penn State at 12:00 p.m. next Saturday.

Let's not forget that the overall 6 - 3 Huskies of MIU host the overall 5 - 4 Cardinals of Ball State next Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m. in Huskies Stadium in a MAC 10 game. 

Otherwise, Mary is making great progress on her cross-stitching and I think she finished her latest book. I'm still working crossword puzzles, painting, reading, playing music, and walking with STWD for short distances. While her vision is limited by cataracts, and her hearing isn't what it used to be, she still enjoys getting out and about for some sniffs. 

We read and reread the directions for our new ultrasonic humidifier yesterday and finally got it set in its new home upstairs in the manse. It is now making the air in our bedroom a lot more breathable.  

Today we may, or may not, go to the auxiliary garden to plant our garlic, which will develop over the fall and winter months and be ready to harvest next summer in late June or July. We may have to plan our spring plantings around the bulbs, but it should all work out fine. We learned what to plant or not plant this year, so we should do much better. 

No Lions game today, phew, and the Bears play tomorrow night. That's all I have to say about that. Ciao.