Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 67° under partly-cloudy skies. Today's high will be 76°, under mostly-sunny skies. The sun will rise today @ 7:30 a.m. and set tonight @ 7:46 p.m. There are showers in the forecast for Saturday evening @ 50% and Sunday @ 100%.

The 82 - 71, 3rd place in the NL Central Cubs tied the game in the 9th inning last night, only to see the return of Craig Kimbrel to the lineup. He proceeded to serve up a "Gopher Ball" to the Cardinals Matt Carpenter in the top of the 10th and the Cubs were unable to answer in their half of the frame, losing to the Cards, 4 - 5.

That loss puts the Cubs one game behind the 2nd place Brewers and four games behind the 1st place Cardinals. Plus, the Cubs lost ground to the Washington National in the Wild Card race.

If there was a bright spot, it was the return of Anthony Rizzo to the lineup along with his home run stroke. Javier Baez also was inserted as a pinch runner in the 9th, scoring the tying run.

The Cubs and the Cardinals meet again this afternoon @ 2:20 p.m. EDT, when Alex Mills takes the mound for the Cubs against the Cardinals Michael Wacha.

My beloved, 80 - 72, 3rd place in the AL East Red Sox find themselves 19 games in back of the 1st place Yankees. The Sox defeated the 74 - 79, 3rd place in the NL West Giants, 5 - 4. Eduardo Rodriguez recorded his 18th win while also getting 10 Ks.

The Sox send Rick Porcello, 13 - 12 to the mound tonight @ 7:10 p.m. against the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa Bay against the Rays Charlie Morton, 15 - 6. Look out below.

I made another vegan bologna yesterday before I worked tow crossword puzzles with Mary's help and then Mary was off to the chiropractor. I walked Ginger before meeting up with Mary and STWD on our walk. I then retired to the man-cave for some wood cutting in preparation for my fall decorations. It felt great to butcher some wood with a circular saw, a hand-saw, and a belt sander. When I was done, I had many pieces and lots of sawdust. To paraphrase Lt. Colonel Kilgore in Stanley Kubrick's  Apocalypse Now, I love the smell of freshly cut wood in the man-cave.

We had some of that bologna as part of our dinner with a side of sweet potatoes before we journeyed to the library for the presentation on the bad guys of Michigan by author Tom Carr. Very entertaining and very informative.

Today, we will be going to Central Park for the Tri-Cities Climate Strike from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The program is sponsored by St. John's Episcopal Church of Grand Haven and the Rector of that church, Jared Cramer. As the saying goes, "Think globally, act locally."

As evidence of Climate Change, I cite Hurricane Dorian that devastated the Bahamas and the effects of Tropical Storm Imelda with the 43 inches of rain that were dumped on Texas and the Gulf Coast since Monday. The rain that fell on Texas in one day equaled the normal rainfall for the entire month of September!

Tonight, Seven Steps Up and Amy Speace await. Ciao.