The plumber was here for five hours today. During that time, darkness fell and the snow began to fall. I contemplated the nature of time and the universe and also did our taxes.

But all of our plumbing is now like plumbing that normal people have.

We were going to have a lovely chicken and lentil curry for our dinner, but that has not happened because of no running water for five hours. We are getting a pizza instead.

Looking at my old journals from when I lived in Italy 40 years ago, I found these soup labels. You might not have thought that Campbell's Soup would have been widely available in Italy in 1983, but apparently it was. I would not have thought I would have eaten it, but apparently I did.