I took a 15-minute trip into the midday yard and transplanted some cannas to a new area, then turned on the soaker hose and accidentally created a bog. When I went out to check an hour later I stepped on the mulched area and submerged my shoe and sock, up to the bottom of my jeans, in the resulting slurry. No more water there for a while. I'll leave the cannas and tomorrow I can lift them out if it doesn't dry enough by then. They prefer getting more water and being well-drained at the same time, but these plants were quite parched and might benefit from a good soak.

Jon, emergency responders are trained in techniques to help lift people, and to shift people who have fallen or can't get up completely on their own. I called the local fire department (Volunteer) when my friend Susie's husband was on his knees leaning against their bed and couldn't stand. She called me first, we couldn't lift him. I asked them to not use sirens, that we hoped it was a simple matter of someone helping him up, but we'd let them evaluate as far as if he needed more than help to their car (she was trying to take him to the doctor.) He ended up in the hospital - but the thing is - they picked him up without causing pain that Susie and I were causing when we tried.

The Amazon Fire stick in my office (installed in 2020) was always glitchy, updating, twirling, turning itself off. Drove me nuts. I bought a Roku stick during Prime Days and just installed it. The Fire didn't work well even when I had it on the Ethernet, using the house WiFi this Roku is fast and I can see replacing a couple more of these Fire sticks that don't work very well. They have a trade in program that doesn't offer much, but they pay the shipping and I'll get a few dollars off my next purchase.