A little dog a few doors away keeps yapping incessantly. This happens often. I’m at a distance, so it’s faint. It must be very annoying to live near its door. I helped someone rake leaves today. It was fun. I bought a crow calendar by June Hunter, a local photographer who’s gotten to know her crow neighbors. I did a load of laundry, with the Tide detergent I bought when the grocery store’s shelves were empty of detergent except for Tide and I panicked, thinking it was another covid scare or something making people hoard detergent. It turned out after I made the purchase, that I was told it was because the store had implemented a new inventory system, so I got stuck with a huge jug of Tide. That was months ago, and I find that it cleans my clothes much better than the 7th Generation biodegradable detergent. I have a new bottle of 7th Generation, so when I finish the Tide, it’ll be a matter of giving the biodegradable soap another try, but I don’t know if I can settle for musty smelling clothes when Tide leaves them smelling so clean. I’ll aim to be open minded, because I know that Tide is bad for the water, but smelling clean is compelling. Speaking of smelling, I’ve been noticing that my body has been smelling normal again, after months of smelling foul. I’m pleased. I don’t know why I smelled bad for a while. I went with my usually smelly neighbour to the art show, and he didn’t smell on that occasion, except for when we were in a narrow hallway looking at artwork, and he spoke, and I caught a pungent whiff of rotting teeth. I gave him a business card for the dentist I see who is very good, and he keeps it in his wallet, but it’s been months and he still hasn’t made an appointment. I don’t know what he thinks is going to happen. I told him that rotting teeth can infect his brain, but he shrugged it off.
