Current goings-on

• We just emerged from the hottest stretch of weather last week with one day close to 100°F (38°C) with thunderstorm action. The pattern has been to have five to seven days of heat until a cool front passes through and temperatures drop for a couple of days, then on to the next hot stretch. We do have air conditioning in the house which we run at the height of the day, but have also been going off to cool down at libraries, stores, and malls when we wanted to escape the conditions.
• We returned to Delaware in the middle of a pattern of hot and humid weather over the entire region. Our little garden suffered a few losses from the heat wave, but a few of the native plants we have seemed to enjoy the change.
• Writing progress is continuing with my individual poetry submissions, but I am also working on getting a couple of collections into print.

Presently reading

• Of the Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau (audiobook)
• Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes (audiobook)
• Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Last updated at Sun, 19 July 2024 17:08:52 -0400