We went to a concert at the oldest dance hall in Texas. 4 1/2 hour drive through the country.

Except, GPS recommended this short cut, good, then a second short cut...BAD! We turned onto some road in the middle of nowhere, no traffic, just ranches on either side, and out of nowhere, with no rough road warning signs, at 65 mph, we hit dips and humps that sent the car airborne, landed with a thud, and we then drove 40 mph or slower. When we unloaded luggage, I discovered something had smacked my laptop and the screen was destroyed. Wish I could sue GPS Woman!

Here is a taste of the cool band we saw, a lead singer and super great guitarist who has not lost any of his voice or licks, 50 years into his career. Dear One had to stand on a bench to get this view.

Shrink and Skimp!

I've been thinking about the economy recently. How it's not that good for the 'little' people, and how we small people have been really experiencing it, no matter what the officials and their numbers about the economy say (Here's an article from Big about this - Strikes and Bidenomics, it was republished as a shorter, but mostly the same, article on the Lever - The Missing Inflation Data). One of the things I've encountered a lot of is shrinkflation.

Shinkflation is something I think we've all seen (recent BBC article on it). The package of a product we want, say a breakfast cereal, gets smaller but the price stays the same. So we are actually paying more for the product, by weight or quantity measurement, but we supposedly don't 'see' that because the overall price is the same.

My favorite kind of ice cream... Now in a smaller package! Image from
reddit.

It's not easy coming back from the recent trauma of losing a son.
I've successfully navigated the first three stages of grief and have reached four. The need to return to doing the things I used to do. Hosting this Open Thread is one of them.

10/16 is World Food Day

~~ Red Potatoes