Reflection Monday July 2026

Exploring ways to adjust a style of living is like browsing a hard copy catalog with all the choices only available online. 

The directional choices for consumers have flexibilities that are, I feel, uneasy to grasp. 

Why is something so good for the human mind as researching is, be taken away in the guise of helping mankind, by pushing AI? 

Technology is a constant tide flowing into our lives. There is no ebb. 

A Geranium

 

Day 184 of Week 27 for 2026

 Mid way of 2026 was day 182.5 July. You can feel the year is half over or celebrate another half is left to enjoy. Summer 2026 is 93 days from 21 June to 23 September. There are 81 days left of summer 2026. 

If the passage of time interests you, then keep a journal that numbers the days. Instead of floating on your future as a background always there, enjoy the your view, the one you create for as much as you are able. 

Shape your weekend well

Celebrate the 4th of July 250

Create a deluxe potato salad

Read about New England

Sing to sourdough bread

Draw a picnic basket

Make peach ice cream

Decorate your front door

What’s going on with the heat waves?

In mid to late July this year, I expect those weeks to be scorchers. 

This is July day one. There is a high heat advisory posted already! Out my door it is 95°F ( 35°C).  I will not be surprised if the ambient temperature hits 100°F ( 37°C) this week. 

Please, pack an emergency kit for the heat. Check out the government CDC and National Weather websites for extreme heat safety.

 Think. Freezer packs in a thermal bag plus water. Walking, I keep a blue freezer block on the inside of my baclpack where it rest on my lower spine.

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About me. I’ve not mentioned this before. I’m not OCD. I think it is normal to have a few (not many) silly things that bug us.  One such bother for me is frayed threads, little pieces of thread sticking out of a seam, for example. I clip them off. Bother gone. 

I saw a video where in an Asian factory, there’s a quality control person that clips off stray threads. 

Anywayz, I am happy to have seen that happen. So, as fate goes with its well developed sense of humor, the stretch fabric over my cast, after a thorough clipping of demon strays, now has three more for me to clip. 🤣

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I found a fourth one. 😱
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Summer is being summer

This summer has an observation vibe early on. A feeling of what is going to happen next plays in the background of my mind along with the frequent chant, No Scotland, No party!

There are things I hope to do. For this year’s warm weather months in this northern hemisphere, not making plans is the theme I’m going to go by. Once the cast is replaced with a splint, my confidence doing more will kick in. 

For now, I’m in awe that after 4 days not wearing earrings, I put in a pair of French wires using one hand. Yesterday I scored my 5th Wordle on 2 out of 120 games. I’m so scared about tripping and falling, I went barefoot. Having to use my right arm more, I ache more from sore muscles than the broken wrist. 

Meanwhile, I’d like to paint today, sit outdoors under an umbrella with a no sugar ice tea, and glue something fun. 

Tissue decoupage on an Altoids tin takes
several layers to obscure the raised lettering.

Adding fabric over the tissue, the raised lettering
still shows through. It adds a homemade vibe.