Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:45 a.m. in "The City", where the NWS is forecasting rain this morning with possible clearing by later this afternoon and a high temperature of 41°, which is five degrees cooler than yesterday. 

The sun will rise into those leaden skies @ 7:50 a.m. and set later @ 7:56 p.m. We still have a Small Craft Advisory in effect from St. Joseph to Manistee until 11:00 p.m. tonight, with winds out of the northwest @ 10 - 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots and waves as high as six feet. In short, an average day on Lake Michigan.

Our overnight low-temperature last night was the same as our current temperature, 40°, with tonight's low-temperature forecast from the NWS calling for 35° before tomorrow's high-temperature rising to a more seasonal 46° under sunny skies. Then overnight, we'll once again drop to 35°. Come on spring!

We watched two sporting events in the media room yesterday afternoon. First, was the eventual loss of the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team to the Ohio State Buckeyes, 41 - 54, in spite of the fact that Mary and I were garbed in our Win One for the Nun shirts that our daughter gave to us a couple of years ago when the Ramblers made it to the Final Four. Unfortunately, the Ramblers lost to the Wolverines of Michigan that year. This year, the OSU Buckeyes were just too much for the outgunned Ramblers of Loyola. Wait til next March!

Second, we watched the first game of the 2022 spring-training baseball season between the Tigers and the Phillies. New Tigers' LHP Eduardo Rodriguez started the game strongly and the Tigers put some early runs on the board. But, successive Tigers' pitchers gave up more runs to the Phillies and the game ended in a tie, 6 - 6 at the end of nine innings. Worthy of note to Tigers fans, Akil Baddoo got an early dinger, showing that he has picked up where he left off last season, so, this could be the year that the Tigers once again contend for the AL pennant. 

Rodriguez was signed by the Tigers over the winter and will be the Opening Day starter for the Tigers. Perennial fan favorite, Miguel "Miggy" Cabrera, got a hit in the first inning in his 20th season and probably last season, in MLB. Baseball is back and so is my joy, because as we all know, Baseball is Life!

After our afternoon sports extravaganza, I finished two crossword puzzles, read beaucoup pages in my latest novel, The Love Of My Life, by Rosie Walsh, which I continued last night. Mary spent time cross-stitching and preparing meals, which included one of this man's faves, Spaghettirole Casserole. Life in Michigan and retirement is good!

Today, the rain will likely preclude any outdoor activities, but that's okay by me. My yak is improving and I'm doing my stretching and balancing exercises daily too, but it is s slow process. I am not patient when it comes to my own rehab, but like STWD, I am not getting younger, so I must pursue everything in moderation. 

Mary and I are still watching Suits too. I hope to get to more music today, I also worked on some transcription and interpretation over the last few days too. 

Mary is happily cross-stitching, but as always seems to be the case with knitting needles and cross-stitch floss colors, she never has just the right ones. I know how that goes, as I never have just the color I want when painting. Ciao.