A friend and I made the shopping rounds this afternoon, in particular loading up on frozen fish at Costco. We're finally into cooking season and fish is on the menu. I have my eyes open for stuff leading up to Thanksgiving, and am keeping in mind that last year's fresh turkey was so large that the oven air didn't circulate well and it took forever. I'll do turkey again, but it will be smaller. Much of the rest of the stuff can be accumulated in the next few weeks - root vegetables, pumpkin, etc.

I have no idea who will be in town over the holidays so I will proceed as if there will be guests so I don't have so much last minute stuff to do.

Dorothy, today at Costco as I walked through the lobby to rejoin my friend (after a trip to the loo) a woman pushing another in a wheelchair sneezed - she didn't sneeze into the crook of her elbow, she just let it fly into the open air beside her. I was so glad to be wearing my 3-layer mask. If I'd given it a thought I'd have told her to cover her sneezes in the future.