It was another quiet Sunday. We took our usual morning trip to the Farmers’ Market followed by a long walk. I decided to wear a mask on the first half of the walk because there was a cold wind blowing – I knew there was a reason I should always carry a mask!

This afternoon, we went to the test site at Union Middle School for a Covid test; even though the theatre yesterday was fairly empty, I felt like it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get tested. They did both a rapid test and a PCR test; we got the results (negative) from the rapid test before we left the school, and I felt happier.

Tonight’s dinner was another new-to-us recipe, Spaghetti Aglio e Olio adapted from Ina Gartner’s recipe. It was easy to make, fairly quick, tasty, and filling – what more could we want?

We lost Internet connectivity this morning, sometime between 10 and 10:25am. I don’t know what was wrong, but I wound up rebooting the modem, router, and controller – and once I got some connectivity back, updating the firmware on everything. I wonder if the log4j bug had anything to do with the problem.

This afternoon, we saw Lyric Theatre’s H. M. S. Pinafore at the Hammer Theatre Center in downtown San Jose. Attendance was pretty light, almost certainly due to Covid – they mentioned that they were scattering groups throughout the theatre to maintain social distancing. It was a good production, and I left with the songs going through my head. Lyric Theatre has a tradition of having the cast, still in costume, greet the audience after the show – it’s a nice touch.

This evening, we tried a new recipe from the Times, Roasted Salmon and Brussels Sprouts With Citrus-Soy Sauce. It went together pretty easily; I might skip the jalapeño next time, though.