H-E-A-T

I told myself I wasn’t going to complain about the weather. Right! I also told myself about forty years ago that before I retired I would own (1) a Mont Blanc fountain pen, (2) a Rolex timepiece, and (2) a Jaguar motor vehicle. Of those three, uh, goals, I only own the first (and least expensive).

Of course, all of that was back in my youthful materialistic stage. I wonder: as an American can I really ever escape materialism and remain in this society? As the King sang to Anna in The King and I, ‘Tis a puzzlement.

OK, back to my subject: HEAT!

Here in Louisville (as in many other parts of the northern hemisphere) we are under a severe heat warning that may last another week or longer. It is almost midnight here and the outside temperature remains over 90 F and inside my house it is almost the same. The high temps in the coming days are forecast to be near or above 100 F.

Because of the heat, neither Alex nor I have been very active today. We both are seeking ways to cool off (sorry I can show no photos of me; Alex has yet to learn to use the camera):

The best photograph of our trying to stay cool may never be taken. It would be one of me in a cold water filled bathtub, relaxing and trying to read book, with Alex curled up on my chest napping. He has done this four times in the past four days and now follows me every time I go into the bathroom on the chance that I may again climb into the tub.