Good Afternoon, Saturday, 18 July

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I don't know what your weather is like where you are, but here we're dealing with wildfire smoke from the Canadian wildfires in Ontario Canada. We've had daily alerts for the past 3-4 days. We had a slight reprieve this morning when I finally opened my patio door for a couple of hours before the next alert happened. This one goes until noon on Monday. The air quality is in the unhealthy region, so I won't be going anywhere I don't need to go, except church tomorrow, of course. Not even the smoke will keep me away. I'll just wear a mask. Work has been coming along well on Patriot Dreams. I'm taking a break today. My characters aren't talking to me. This book will easily top 200K words and 500+ pages. I have almost 400 and that's the rough draft. Otherwise, I changed the living room around a bit yesterday and did some decluttering. I like it much better. My back is doing better. I have my next appointment with the spine specialist next Friday. Next week is an appointment heavy week. I've started being social again. I'm back in church, and I went to Writer's Guild for the first time in two months. When the third floor lounge isn't a sauna due to the heat index in the triple digits, I even play Canasta, but mostly I write. With my back doing much better, my life seems like it's back on track again. I also signed up for the 50+ Retreat in September. I'm really looking forward to it so when friends from church said they had signed up, I knew I had a ride and could go. How are you all doing? Thanks for reading. The image belongs to me. My birthday party a couple of years ago. Tomorrow starts another year for me.