Knock wood - so far I've been lucky with night vision being fine. I have several friends who won't drive at night any more so I am the designated driver for evening events.

As for musicians, I can read music and sing along but don't ask me to lead anything. I am always in awe of those actors and singers who can play bad singers intentionally (Meryl Streep comes to mind).

Marinara sauce accomplished with fresh and frozen ingredients. Tomatoes, onion, green pepper, garlic, herbs and seasonings, frozen sliced mushrooms, and a dollop of wine from the freezer (I keep some in there for this kind of cooking so I don't have to open a new bottle for one small use. I don't drink much wine now I know the sulfites make my skin break out.) Smells wonderful and will soon be bottled and into the freezer, in six half-pint jars.

School starts in a few days. I drove past a sign "Meet your teacher August 11" and that explains why Costco was a zoo yesterday. What do I have here that can be donated as far as school supplies? I'll look around.

The next door neighbor has paid the regular handyman/landscaper to mow the lawn of the neighbors across the street (who lost the son) - since one of the things that happens is a lot of people come to the house, that's a great offer. I've reached out to the daughter to let her know that if they do a funeral I'll plant myself out on the front swing and conspicuously watch the house. (Better out there and in view than in the house; she is a smoker and the house gets to my sinuses in a hurry.) They're not Catholic, so it wouldn't be as long a day as for the last house I watched.

At an annual check yesterday my dermatologist suggested Nutrafol for hair and nails, but that stuff is expensive (they sell it at the office, probably not at a discount). I read a few labels of that and similar products and it looks like the main ingredient in all of them in large amounts is Biotin, which can be purchased much less expensively in knockoff formulas of the proprietary blend or by itself.