An innocuous line in the standard income tax form asks for the number from another form I had ignored when I figured my taxes. Today an AARP video discussed an "additional deduction" and I hunted around to find that the innocuous line is about form A-1 that has an extra $6000 deduction for my demographic^*. I hadn't filed yet (waiting till this month because I was going to have to pay). Fortunes have been reversed with that extra deduction.

Lovely weather today after the storms cleared so the dogs and I will go for a walk. Oak trees are full of tassels so I may take along a disposable mask to keep pollen out of my sinuses.

*1. it's only temporary till 2028 and 2. it will hasten the drawing down of the Social Security fund if things aren't fixed in the next few years