You are doing better than me at remembering to update over here! I am trying to remember to check my reading page every other week or so, but I haven't made an original post here in some years.

That air quality stuff must be horrible to experience. My first irreverent thought was how much it looks like the Third World filter in entertainment, but also yeah that's gotta suck to be dealing with irl. I hope you're able to get the relief with the allergies, too.

It is winter on my side of the world, and my family finally got hit with covid for the first time at the end of last month. Mostly on the mend, but the cold air is keeping my coughing a bit. Fingers crossed it wraps up soon.