The trash went out early today and I made a couple of trips to add more to the can before it was collected. There is still a lot of stuff here also, but the kitchen counters are looking a little better and there's more room in the freezer.

The front lawn got mowed and I scooped a bunch of leaf litter and leaf compost out of the curb area to mulch into the lawn. As I was working the mower through some of the leaves a guy in a pickup with the classic yard work equipment trailer in back drove by slowly. I could see the mental wheels turning - should he stop and ask the middle aged woman if she would like to have the lawn mowed? I saw him look from me to the next door yard where my white-haired 80-year-old neighbor was out mowing his yard and the penny dropped. On this side of the village, we do our own yard work. He drove off.

I need to get out the keyboard and play, or clear the bench and play the (out of tune) piano. My typing has gotten pretty sloppy, and I find that if I take time to practice the piano my typing improves. (Alas, more typing doesn't make my piano playing improve.)

I'm planning to get my next COVID booster tomorrow; it sounds like the Moderna formula has a little more punch this time, so I'll ask for that. And in other health news, I've found one more source of sodium laureth sulfate to eliminate from my daily routine: I googled my dish detergent, and there it is, low on the list, but it's there. So I'll be using gloves now because I doubt there is any dish detergent in the world that doesn't have that stuff.