Another light package came yesterday.
Again, the picture showed our apartment number, which could have been helpful. Also notice the package was placed partly under the door mat. That could also have been useful if it had been windy.
I said the delivery was great, and that it was delivered with care. (They don’t let me be more specific.)
Little things can make a big difference.
July 1, 2026
Have you noticed a difference in expectations the past few years? If so, how do you feel about it?
June 30, 2026
Amazon.com, not the Amazon. 🙂
I needed to order a couple of connectors to finish streamlining my DSL and phone cords, and some of them were supposed to arrive yesterday. So I was happy to receive the email saying they were here.
But when I went to the door…nothing. I checked the picture the delivery person took, and it was a good one.
It not only showed the three packages and our doormat, it showed our apartment number. Amazon had done its part.
So why weren’t the packages there? There was a slight breeze so I looked the length of the porch to see if they had blown down to the other end. No, but when I looked over the railing two of them were on the ground below me. I walked (downwind) to the end of the apartments looking for the third one but didn’t see it until I was on my way back. It had somehow blown to the side of our apartment. I didn’t take the picture until later, but the package was in the shadow, about halfway the width of the building.
So mystery solved. As I’ve said before, we don’t have to leave home to have an adventure. (It pays to have a simple mind?)
June 29, 2026
Claude (AI) and Snoopy.
Wednesday was the 24th, the day the Century Link technician was supposed to come out. Instead around noon I checked to see if they had a time estimate and found out they had canceled the appointment.
So I went to their website, asked the chat fellow why it happened, and why they didn’t bother to tell me. He apologized for not letting me know, but he said they had checked the line for the past 11 days and it was giving me better service than I was paying for. It wasn’t their line, maybe a new modem might help.
ChatGPT had mentioned the modem might be a problem so I did buy a new one, and it arrived the next afternoon (Thursday). I give them credit for that.
When it came I scanned the QR code they gave me, and the site said sorry, it wasn’t available right now. The webpage they suggested wasn’t helpful, so I asked Claude what to do. It was a big help, so after I went through some hoops, the modem was set up.
The only problem then was the modem is a lot bigger than my old one, which meant I had to understand the rats’ nest of cables and cords to figure out how to plug it in the new spot. So I thought of Snoopy the detective,
and I stuck with it until I figured out where all the cords where going and what they were doing. It took a long time — I didn’t get to bed until 3 yesterday morning. But I ended up simplifying the system, and it felt good.
So now we see if everything works more smoothly or if I have to contact Century Link again. Fingers crossed!
Life is one adventure after another.
June 27, 2026
In 1993 a school janitor, Stjepan Vokić rescued a female white stork with a broken wing — she had been shot by hunters and couldn’t fly. Vokić named her Malena, meaning “little one,” and he took care of her until her death in 2021.
In the spring of 2001 a male stork saw her on her rooftop nest and mated with her, and they had chicks. He and the children would fly to South Africa in the fall, and he would return to Malena in the spring. Vokić named him Klepetan, and the couple became famous as a symbol of love and fidelity.
Here are a few of videos about them:
The following video is in Croatian, but it shows a bit more of the chicks, and I love the part where Vokić is fishing in the rain for Malena, and the scene where they are watching stork videos together.
June 26, 2026
Calvin and Hobbes en Español
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Calvin and Hobbes
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I love Snoopy and Woodstock. Their innocence is so soothing.
June 25, 2026
