Car is emptied of everything but sunglasses, handicapped placards and the spare key, and swept out, wiped down, and bumperstickers removed from the back window. Tomorrow I trade it in on what is, for all practical purposes, a brand new 2002 Subaru Outback. (Even the catalytic converter was replaced.)

My hair is sweat-sopped and my forehead dripping. Got to retrieve the rest of the stuff from the car that I set down on the deck.

Made a large batch of kale and white bean soup with chorizo a little while ago. It's going to be really good for supper, but I rather wish I'd planned vichyssoise or something else cold. Ah well, what I had was kale from the farmers' market, a can of white beans and a ring of chorizo. It'll be good tonight anyway, then I'll freeze it for a more a weather-appropriate time and figure out what more weather-appropriate meal to make tomorrow when it's supposed in the 90s (F.). I think it's only in the 80s today, but it feels like the 90s when you're in a car even with the windows open.

Linn