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I had an appointment with my eye doctor on Wednesday. The good news is that my right eye hasn’t changed much since my last visit, so it is “stable,” as doctors like to say. The bad news is that the … Continue reading →

I remember learning in school that taste buds can sense sweet, salty, sour, and bitter flavors, and that the sense of smell is responsible for almost everything else we taste. That was always hard to believe, until I experienced it … Continue reading →

It’s Covid. 🙁

Livia came down sick over the weekend. Today the rest of us woke up feeling sick. Later we got an e-mail from the school to inform us that one of Livia’s classmates had tested positive for Covid. So, odds are … Continue reading →

I rewatched Disney’s The Little Mermaid the other day. Since then, I’ve had the music stuck in my head, the same part over and over again: “bright young women, sick of swimmin’” (that’s some quality rhymin’ right there). I thought … Continue reading →

Marshall joined me for my walk today, and we talked about such things as cold fusion, the ultimate fate of the Earth, and mosquito-gun turrets (a much needed invention–tiny guns that go on your hat and shoot approaching mosquitos, but … Continue reading →

Livia came down sick last week, and she passed the bug along to me. We gave her a home Covid test, and it came out negative. As I read online today, we probably ought to have tested her again a … Continue reading →

Wordle 287 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I like Wordle. It’s a relaxed puzzle, and I play it in a relaxed way. There are six guesses per game, and if I end up using them all, so be it. I make a point … Continue reading →