My Colonia shaving soap (I don’t even try to figure out the specific name given all the options) responded well to the Mühle second-generation synthetic and produce a very nice, thick, rich lather. The iKon Shavecraft X3, a sterling (well, aluminum alloy) razor, here mounted on a stainless steel UFO handle (Spanish), delivered a very fine result with pleasure, and a splash of the genuine Floïd (as it says on the bottle) finished the shave with a warm fragrance and a hint of menthol. The week is well launched.
An observation on the difficulty of changing one’s habits. The daily dozen that Dr. Greger recommends as a healthful diet includes 3 servings of fruit a day (plus also a bowl of berries). I was not in the habit of eating fruit, so that seemed very difficult for a few weeks. But then I just started having a lot of fruit on hand (peaches, plums, mandarin oranges, nectarines, apples, and navel oranges right now), and then it became trivially easy.