She's out of town and probably didn't take the computer with her, and like most rational people, knows that reading or posting to Mudcat on a phone is difficult, but I hope Charmion is having a productive week!

Today's hairdresser appointment included the delivery of produce and then a follow-up of shopping in the nearby town where I used to work, at the good Middle Eastern market. I see that olive oil is going up in price, no surprise, I suppose. I buy 3-litre bottles and they've gone up by about 1/3.

We have an orange air quality alert today; who knows how long those status reports will last with the NOAA and the NWS taking funding cuts in the throat. All of my driving back and forth doesn't help, though they're short trips (staring and stopping of the internal combustion engine adds a lot at each occasion).

Dorothy, has the heat made it to your town, and would it be just as bad at Beaver?