UPS was supposed to deliver the wine they didn’t deliver on Saturday; according to their maps, the truck got within three blocks of our house before going back to home base, and they’ve rescheduled for tomorrow. On the other hand, Muns Vineyard had told us they’d be delivering tomorrow, and they brought our wine today, so we broke even on the day.

I was able to use United’s Twitter account to verify that our flight to Japan had officially been cancelled. They aren’t giving refunds (despite DOT regulations) but the agent helped me find the least bad alternative for credit (one which, in theory, will generate a refund in November) – in the meantime, I’ve asked Chase Bank’s Twitter account how to dispute the charge. More on this if something happens.

Other than that, it was a day like every other day recently – a couple of walks, a little TV, too much time watching Twitter and Facebook for news, and cooking at home. We found an easy recipe for lingcod – then we discovered we didn’t have the all the spices it called for, so we improvised, and it came out just fine.

And how was your day?

It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon…I mean Los Gatos, and today was no exception.

We started with a quick trip to the Farmer’s Market – the weather was just cool and threatening enough to make social distancing easy, but the fish seller had already run out of tuna. I bought some local lingcod, so I’ll have to figure out how to cook it. Again, I had to use cash – this time, I got some bills back and stuffed them in my wallet (while wearing gloves) – any coronavirus will degrade before I have to touch cash again, so I’m not too worried.

Last week, the Los Gatos Creek Trail was uncomfortably crowded, so we decided to walk the sidewalks instead – once we got out of the immediate downtown, we had the world to ourselves. I’d rather be walking in greenery, but not having to dodge bicyclists was nice!

Lunch was Indian takeout (and wine); I waited outside for my order – while I waited, the skies opened up, but the restaurant’s awning kept me reasonably dry.

Beth Lee of OMG Yummy! led a “Pantry Cooking” class for Shir Hadash on Zoom; the focus was garbanzo beans. We have no garbanzo beans in our pantry – I think I’ll fix that next time we go shopping.

Dinner was leftover steak (and wine), then a quick walk, and that did it for today.

UPS claims they’ll deliver our wine tomorrow – we’ll see.