Hot, for certain values of hot ie the Indian bike couriers are wearing jackets. Did get the garden waste bagged up and put on porch because rain will fall tomorrow some time, or maybe Wednesday who knows. Have coffee and Pepsi for mocha floats which I drink instead of eating.  Bought daikon and carrot singular to try for Vietnamese pickles,  but must sharpen knives first because I do not have a mandolin, supposing mandolins can make matchsticks. Also bought chicken bacon which, while it's better than pork, still has unhealthy nitrates I assume. Current Anthony Berkeley is one of the annoying 'I will tell you the murderer and then show you how my bumptious detective deduces he is the murderer' ones. Must order new contact lenses, which I have to do every two months because supply issues mean giving them a month's lead time, but which is a major expense. Chasing a memory, read some of my Gaiden stories from nearly a quarter century ago, and returning, feel disconcerted to find myself in a now that bears no resemblance to then. The days dwindle down and dusk comes at 7:30.