9 September

Another nice cool day with more clouds than yesterday and a chance of showers. We noticed that the local Walgreens had their flu vaccines in stock when we stopped on our last shopping trip. We went in to get the shots today. It took a bit longer today than it did last year perhaps because we were so early in the season but also, I think because several people were signed up to get Covid shots. The store didn't have a general mask policy except for the small room where the shots were administered. They would have given us a throwaway but we always carry one (or more) of our own nowadays. 

I found this on TomDispatch today. Jane Braxton Little tells her story of evacuating as the Dixie Fire took out much of the old Gold Rush town of Greenville. She lost her office as that building and most of the downtown burned but her house survived. We are used to seeing news stories/pictures of refugees in other parts of the world. I guess we should get used to seeing our own people as refugees in our own land.