Cooler this week after a stonking heat wave followed by rain, and my lawn is almost all green again.

I decluttered my bank account of a year’s worth of tuition fees on Wednesday and learned that the new student needs a mattress cover and a blanket, and would like a rug. Hurrah, I have all these things to spare, and sheets too! The linen closet and blanket box will supply another jaunt down the highway in September, and I look forward to rehoming a nice little hand-knotted Indian wool carpet that doesn’t fit any room in this house.