Unsurprisingly, the portable dishwasher Eileen ordered does come with wheels. In fact, the wheels were in the box. But the people delivering it did not know that. It’s now scheduled for delivery tomorrow.

Edison is eating so that’s good.  This picture is from today.

Although I have more free time, I continue to feel tethered to my job. I have been thinking about the secluded life that is ahead of me. Eileen is truly my sole companion at this stage of life. She seems to be able to handle my intensity and moods well. Thank god for that. Plus seclusion is something I look to with mixed expectations. I think it will be good, but know that longevity is connected with socializing.

Eileen and I were discussing this morning how we don’t fit into the Holland scene. Not much to do about it, but I think it helps to realize it. We are looking forward to a visit from someone whom we  both knew as a young boy, Steven Frayer.

This is a picture of him and his husband (in back). He remembers Eileen and me fondly. We re-acquainted via Facebooger a while back. The picture is a recent one Steve put up there. They live in the Detroit area and are planning a visit to Holland and Saugatuck in August. Eileen’s a bit worried that we will be too boring for them. I pointed out that they seem very socialized to me and won’t be expecting to see young versions of us.

Steve F. remembers my harpsichord and has been very complimentary of both me and Eileen as teachers. He is now somehow an out of the closet Roman Catholic church  musician. It should be fun to chat with these guys.

The right is winning the culture war because its opponents don’t know the rules | Nesrine Malik

This is mostly about the UK, but it obviously applies to the USA.

‘If it gets cut, where do the kids go?’ – Chicago Sun-Times

So Edison is starting to eat more. He was not eating more than one or two small feedings a day previously. But this morning he seemed more interested in his food. Eileen has been feeding him tuna as well and that’s working also.

His morale is pretty good. He demands petting which is  normal Edison behavior. We try to provide the human touch with him as much as possible.

He’s still on the porch.

My laptop caused problems at this morning’s church service. For some reason, we weren’t getting connected to the internet despite being connected to the church’s wifi. We went to plan B which is to use my phone as a hot spot. This worked.

However, during the service,  Streamyard (the software we use for broadcasting) kept spontaneously shutting down on my computer. The usual tech guy had taken the Sunday off (of course). The assistant tech guy is really just as good but it was a bit of a harrowing morning tech wise.

Olivia Rodrigo has been in the news. She was one of the answers to the New York Times Weekly News Quiz. The question was about her encouraging fans to get vaccinated.

This morning I listened to a bit of Friday’s NPR’s  1A News Round Up.

Sometimes this show is pretty good. But they talked about Rodrigo as well. So I pulled up her album on Spotify.

Apparently Target is selling a vinyl version of it (pictured above).

Here’s a the first song on the album.

Rodrigo is actually eighteen according to her web site. This is two years older than my grand daughter Savannah.

Many of Rodrigo’s lyrics reminds me of Normal People by Sally Rooney, the book I am reading, even though the characters are a bit older than she is.

Here’s another song.

I like the arrangements.

I know it’s kind of weird for an old guy like me to be listening to such teenage angst, but I think the writing is pretty good. I know, I know, this stuff is super commercial, but hell so were many of the musicians I have liked over the years.