I've been reading Ian Toll's Twilight of the Gods, and it's good. Doing a little knitting. Hanging out with friends.I have a bit of a cold, but not COVID or anything worse.

Life is pretty good.

 I have finished Dies The Fire and started the second book in the series, The Protector's War. I'm really enjoying the reread. Also still reading The Twilight of the Gods; this is really a palate cleanser. I'm enjoying it as well. I'm in the chapter on the battle of Peleliu. If I spelled that right.

I've pulled out the tapestry bag, and I'm going to take another stab at it. Now I have to find the book with the instructions. There are so many joins you can use for the weft, and I want the right one. Or maybe I'll try all of them, this is a practice piece. I'm really using it to avoid working on the Viking apron I should be finishing for Winter Market.

I cooked the cabbage/hamburger casserole again yesterday. It seems like everyone likes it, and I'll keep making it until somebody tells me they don't like it. So there!  See what happens when you leave me alone in the kitchen!

 Reading Dies The Fire again.  And a book on the Pacific war by  Ian Toll, the third book in the trilogy, Twilight of the Gods. The first two were excellent.

I have a project on the loom, and I've been putting off getting started on it because I know I misthreaded part of the pattern. I've been knitting and reading instead. Must buck up and get it done. Rethreading is not that hard a chore and I even have replacement heddles for missing ends. For a wonder, I didn't break a single thread warping the loom. I've got to get this project off, though, and get started in Christmas weaving.

Retirement isn't so bad; figuring out the money part of it has been a little rough. The hardest part is that I'm now paid once a month and the time after the 15th is lean. I have to pace myself better.

I've got a new family member: Jack, a shelter dog with separation issues. I think he was returned to the shelter multiple times for some reason. He's a sweet guy and does everything I tell him to. He does love licking everything. We've finally broken him of jumping on everyone. He is the bestest dog.

 I've retired, and now have time to do anything I want. I just have no money to do it, LOL. 

Trying to find my way through the Medicare system so I don't have any gaps in health insurance. I keep finding forms that have to be signed by my old employer, and signed yesterday. Good grief.

Reading the July issue of Analog, and I can't remember the name of the short story. Living in a basement apartment. Watching a lot of TV. Warping the Baby bit by bit.