1. I leapt into the old Sube this morning and zoomed to CdA and dropped it off at the shop. Ed had said he'd pick me up and bring me back home and we came back to Kellogg the long way. We stopped off for a filling and tasty breakfast at the Breakfast Nook and then zipped south and spent a few hours spinning reels at the CdA Casino where the entertainment didn't cost me any money at all!
It was a clear and golden, vermillion, and red October day, making the drive to Worley and back over the 4th of July pass gorgeous.
2. Back home, I tuned in to both baseball playoff games. They both astonished me. The Dodgers suddenly came to life in the bottom of the eighth inning. Cody Bellinger pasted a three run homer and, later, Mookie Betts followed it with a run scoring single and the Dodgers came from three runs behind to defeat Atlanta, 6-5.
On the other side of the USA, the Beantown Bombers' bats went quiet and in the top of the ninth inning the suddenly hot hitting Astros tallied seven runs on their way to crushing Boston, 9-2.
Both wins were crucial. The Dodgers, with two home games remaining, are down two games to one now -- for much of today's game it looked like they would fall into a three games to none hole. The Astros evened their series with Boston at 2-2 thanks in large part, not only to their stunning ninth inning rally, but to a pitching staff that cooled off the BoSox despite not being at full strength.
3. After Houston's rally and after watching and listening to Bill Davie's superb Tree House Concert -- his 64th such show! --, Debbie and I broke into a fifth of Maker's Mark as a way of commemorating Debbie's brother David's 63rd birthday and to remember his life. David passed away in 2009. It was fun remembering David, telling stories, remembering our trips to Arlington Heights to see him, Muffie, Bill, and Samantha, and knowing that across the family, others were also commemorating him and posting pictures of what they were doing in his memory.
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