I keep running out of kitchen towels, so this morning I decided to order some. I ordered six towels on Amazon for $20. I could have paid less per towel, but it was important to me to get good, thick ones. I hate thin towels.

Variables are at 38%.

Yesterday I went INTO the library stacks for the first time since the pandemic, and I checked out five books. While checking out, I told the clerk about my problem putting books on hold. She tested it with my card, and it worked fine for her. When I came home, it worked fine for me. So something changed. I'm glad. It's more comfortable picking up holds than it is going into the stacks. I have a long list of books I want to read, so I really don't need to browse.

It is still rainy and chilly. It is supposed to be better tomorrow. I hope so. There are two baseball games!

I have a nephew who lives on the Oregon coast, very close to the Almeda fire. Now another fire is threatening his neighborhood. This morning he and his family evacuated. They are driving to Florida to stay indefinitely with his mom and dad. It's so sad. They bought their home a few years ago, and he was always posting pictures of his work in the garden and the kitchen. Now they are leaving home, hoping that it will not be destroyed. I am so sad for all those out west who are losing everything.

My son, who also lives in Oregon, is in the northeastern part of the state, and safe so far. But it's so dry, a single spark can change everything.