Hello on Thursday

Dear Friends,

Another day went as planned in Curleyworld! The funeral and receptions after the funeral for the son of an Irish Sister City Committee Member went as well as could be expected. No mother every wants to bury their children. It is against the laws of nature!

Linda had fun at her Knitting group gathering at Panera Bread. The Knitters were together for almost three hours. Since my Red Sox won an afternoon game, half of which I missed because of my afternoon nap, I didn't have many sporting contests to watch last evening. I decided to start reading another book on the IPad. I did turn on a sporting contest, but I turned the volume on low as I watched the professional soccer match. I am not good at reading while the television is on at the normal volume setting.

Today the only thing on our social calendar is the Third Thursday which takes place in downtown Pittsfield from 5 PM to 8 PM. Our Irish Sister City group begins setting up our two canopies in the 3:30 PM range. The oppressive heat will be the only thing that we will have to deal with. The temperatures today will be in the mid 90's, but the heat index will be in the 104 degree range.

The heat wave moving across the country has already caused 22 deaths.

How about the horses which will be racing at the Saratoga, New York Race Track beginning this weekend? Could horse racing be considered as animal cruelty during this heat wave?

When day light arrives, I am going to water all the flowers. I hate to say it after a wet spring, but I wouldn't mind a little rain (of course not on our Third Thursday). The weather which we have been having for the past few days is a reminder that I could never be a year round resident in any of the Southern States.

The world is waiting for the budget crisis in the United States to end so there hasn't been a whole bunch of political stuff to discuss. When you spend most of the day trying to figure out how to stay cool and hydrated, it is difficult to get motivated to do much of anything. Days like we have been facing for the past few days would be a good reason to have beach front property.

It is hard to imagine that the month of July is almost gone. Our summers are so short in the Northeast that we have just about enough time for corn to go from seed to full grown corn on the cob. The local corn is just starting to come in. Pretty soon we will be overdosing on corn!

We do have a day or two free coming up, but it is even too hot to have a cookout. I have no desire to hover over a hot grill when the outside temperatures are in the 90's.

My ramblings about the crazy drivers on the roads no matter where you are did hit home for one of my email recipients. He said that parking lots in places like grocery stores, Home Depot, Walmart, etc., scare him the most. Getting to and from the vehicle when you are at one of these stores could be quite challenging. When drivers are trying to secure parking places closest to the entryway to a store, these drivers don't even see people walking to and from their cars.

Well, I have to do some quiet activities one of which is to clean and sanitize the Herb AeroGarden. Linda has some herbs growing on our deck, so we won't need the AeroGarden until the fall.

Have a great Thursday.
If you live locally, come and join us for Third Thursday. Sample some Irish Bangers, Irish Whiskey Cake, and some cookies too.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad