The Champaign County Forest Preserves have started putting up signs declaring certain spots “selfie spots.” Being very suggestible, I immediately started taking selfies at those spots.




Two things I’m allergic to are ragweed pollen (which is at its annual peak right about now), and household dust (which has been at a peak this morning, because I’ve been decluttering, dusting, and vacuuming in the living room).
Although wearing a mask is an obvious move to minimize getting household dust in my nose when I’m doing housework, I usually don’t think of it until my nose is all snuffly. Today though, I remembered. And it worked great! No snuffling at all!


After the Rattlesnake Master 10k I came down with either a very nasty cold or else a moderately nasty case of the flu. Whatever virus it was, it had me pretty much down for the count for a solid week. Today was the first day in almost two weeks I felt up to a run.

Google noticed that a selfie I took today looks kinda like one I took a few years ago. I think I must have been a little grumpy that day because of the approach of winter.