Planned to trim and mow at least some this morning, but it was still raining. Waited 'till after 11 and did most of the trimming. Took an unplanned break when I ran out of trimmer string on the new trimmer and had trouble finding the manual. Turns out that reloading is pretty easy. (I'm starting to love Ego products.) Soaked with sweat; cooler outside but still very humid. Will resume around 3 this afternoon.

I did some cleanup of my writing folder recently. This included sorting my posted from unposted stories, and collecting the word counts of those stories. I now know as of Jody part 15 that these stories amount to 672,411 words.

...you think you have things cracked something else comes and puts the boot in!

Coop Ch.3 is now posted. Sorry for not posting it earlier :D.

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/111521/world-accordin...

So I saw the swallowing clinic today, and it was good news.

The first thing was they think they figured out what happened. When I last had Covid, the muscles in my throat got loose at the same time as the nerves lost their connection.

Then they took some x-rays, and the system has improved greatly

Not all the way back, but much better than the last time they had checked.

They recommended that I continue to take small sips and bites, and to periodically clear my throat in case anything had gotten stuck.

Overall, I feel encouraged.

Amazon has closed my account. It started when Amazon started draining my eCash card with "fees". Then they transfered two of my gift cards (they were supposed to credit my eCash account instead) to my wife's separate account and I ended up buying my own Christmas present this year.The fees do not show up as charges, just money tranfers. I protested through Customer Service, was informed that the "problem" would be fixed, and that I would be compensated for the losses. None of that happened. In May, I tried to close the account. Five times since May.