Sunday, July 5, 2026

     I entertain myself by reading the New York Times weather list of the cities in the United States.  Yep we are there in the bottom.  We will be lucky if we hit 65 degrees today. The rest of the country is hot, hot, hot. Our heat comes at the end of summer usually so we are not all clear of heat disasters yet.

     My eyelid infection is getting better with the prescribed antibiotic cream. I didn’t quite believe the medical provider’s diagnosis last week.  It is hard to give up that I alone know what is going on. I have been arguing with doctors and politicians for years. Arguing with many authorities. It is what I do, mostly silently.

    Wow, that sounds really demented. I don’t think of myself as a contrarian. Mostly I am sneaky, agreeing with the authority people, and then resisting silently. I don’t usually speak up. I am afraid of conflict.

    I have a quiet day.  Listening to the marching bands in the distance, and birds and the traffic. I am reading Ruth Ozeki’s latest book of collected stories, THE TYPING LADY. In the evening, we watch the new netflix documentary CHRIS AND MARTINA, THE FINAL SET, about the tennis stars and their changing friendships. Good film.  My roommate bakes chocolate chip cookies.