Muckrakers were the journalists who disturbed the peace of the politically comfortable and the rich who benefitted from the status quo. Lincoln Steffens was the biggest in his day. Nellie Bly the same.

The certificate for defensive driving was successfully uploaded to the insurance company documents folder. Three years ago I had to mail it in, but they're more comfortable with PDFs now (and I've gone paperless, so I suppose this gives me the right to file forms online and not by mail.) That was a lot of time this week spent stuck in my office chair, with a stiff back at the end of it.

The weather is cooler and the dogs and I took a quick walk before I had a meeting call (Google Duo). I have one more online course to complete, then will move on to seasonal stuff around here. With the cooler weather comes yard work, starting with lugging a bunch of limbs to the front curb for bulky waste pickup next week. I have my small tarp with corner rope loops for lugging bulky but not heavy branches. I'll run some of the straight narrow branches through the electric chipper to use for mulch. I need to mow front and back then till and mulch the garden right beside the kitchen door. Weed the gardens. Transplant stuff. Finish work on the patio cover. . .