We escaped. Yesterday we did a shop at Shaw’s and drove along the Falmouth coast on the way back.

Mercifully, the gardens are okay.

I finished the lawn in the morning.

Ron bought himself a new bike helmet and went for a spin in the afternoon.

In between, we had fun at the West Barnstable Village Festival and the Meetinghouse Farm Summer Marketplace. On the way home, Ron treated us to lunch at Holly Ridge!

We had a great time at the Wychmere Beach Club in Harwich Port last evening and enjoyed an inspiring speech from UMB’s new Chancellor, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco.

We tried to walk at Woodneck last evening, but something made me cough badly enough that we had to leave. Ron was fine.

Menahaunt was better.

On one subject most foreign policy experts agree: America needs to temper its faith in its armed forces. “We had so much faith in our military that we were inevitably going to overstep,” said Dempsey, the Afghanistan veteran. “A military bureaucracy unchecked never yields good outcomes.”

Retired Lt. Col. Jason Dempsey, a two-time veteran of the war

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-hubris-afghanistan-humiliation/2021/08/14/47fb025a-fc67-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I made baked potatoes, eggplant parm and tofu.

Made Swiss chard crustless quiche ramekins today (Monday).

Ron’s been shut out of Great Clips for the past two days, so he was happy to find an opening at Procuts. I asked to tag along to fetch a package waiting at Walgreens.

On the way back to the van, Ron grabbed a 12-pack of Narragansett at South Cape Liquors.

It’s hot and muggy. We’re on an every other day irrigation schedule, which seems to be okay.

In answer to my question about renewals coming up soon, our agent shared the news that she’s leaving. Gee, thanks. She was the third agent we’ve had in a year.

I asked another agency for quotes. They’ve sent a couple of letters to us, so figured it wouldn’t hurt to talk with them.

Ron did a fasting blood test.

We did laundry and since it was over 100 in the sun, hung everything outside to dry.