Warm today, but very windy, the kind of wind that often blows the ballcap off of your head and deposits grit in one's eyes. I'll see if it calms later this afternoon before deciding to walk the dogs.

I got to talking to an old friend from high school last night and will be making some masks for her granddaughters and herself; she will be sending money mostly to cover fabric (I'll look for some "princess" patterns next time at the fabric store) and postage. I've heard about people doing a lot of things like check cashing at Walmart, but she said she banks there, she doesn't use PayPal, etc. I didn't know that was a Walmart service? I'll be going to the local store one day early next week (senior hours) to collect the cash. I've always wished the U.S. Post Office would take on banking services, I think it makes a lot of sense with as many people who are "unbanked" these days and pay high fees for services like sending cash and check cashing.

Yesterday's detective work on tracking down the host of an old website has me thinking there are a number of things I want to know how to do better in that regard, so I'll be pulling up some more of the online training to do with that kind of web service. And harking back to yesterday's list from The Atlantic, it's a virtual puzzle for me to solve, since I don't have any jigsaw puzzles here to work on.