Done Since 2026-06-14

A walk every day, and a Songs for Saturday post. And some project planning, which you can find in the aforementioned post. So not as unproductive as many of my weeks have been lately. I'll take what I can get. And we'll see how long the streak lasts.

Happy Solstice! It is definitely summer here in Den Haag. The shorts and short-sleeved shirts I ordered fro Land's End arrived just in time.

It's also Father's Day, and so far one of my kids, E, has contacted me. Though she didn't mention the day, though, so it's possible she just got off her Saturday shift. I'll wait until tonight, when it's afternoon in the Seattle area, before attempting to ping R. Meanwhile, I'm missing my Dad, who died in 1999.

Also on the negative side, my body feels like it's continuing to deteriorate. Both shoulders hurt, but especially the left, which is my dominant side and the one I sleep on. Frequently with a cat in front of my face. I haven't been to an optician in far too long; same thing for dentist. And my trigger fingers are back. In 2018 it was my left thumb; now (as of about a month ago) it's the fingers on both hands. Blarg. Compression gloves and therapy putty help; diclofenac gel hasn't done much but I'll stay with it and hope.

And standing for more than about five minutes or walking more than about 500 meters hurts in my hip/lower back area. Probably QL or piriformis. I have a PT appointment a week from Tuesday. Finally got off my arse this week and made the appointent. And I have a pelvic floor PT appointment this Tuesday. As I said, deteriorating.

Linkies! The Crazy Story of a Car-Free Street in Amsterdam - YouTube. Kotlin (Official Power Point [music] Video) dev metal? Google Just Lost the Argument It’s Been Hiding Behind for 20 Years.

( Notes & links, as usual )