Porthole

August 2 - 3

77 countries have won medals at the Olympics, some countries for the first time. If you are from one of those countries you know the sense of pride and how important it is.

And then there's the USA. Obsessed with what the Russians did or did not do. Debating a gymnast's mental state, unimpressed unless they win gold and sweep the podium. Yeah, pure Soap Opera.

67 cloudy degrees at 8:28 and the AQI not so bad. We could've used more rain imho.

Coffee is not a good diet. 4 pm. and I cooking up rice.

75°F with an AQI of 83 at 4. I ventured out today to sit with Jean and talk about Taiwan and Thailand.
78 degrees with an AQI of 102 at 7. Smokier = more dangerous.

I reheated chicken broth/fat and threw in some lemon pepper, salt and rice. Very tasty. Reminded me of avgolemono.

August 3

Fog? 68 degrees and AQI of 104.

26° with haze and 111 AQI... wrong direction.

Connections issues are "fun"... aren't they? Not.

Today I threw in chicken with the rice. Creative me?

I told NormaJean: "Here we were under a flash flood warning but all we got was sprinkles. It helped a bit with the smoke. But it's back. 92 degrees with a toxic haze. AQI of 151 = I don't dare go out. We might have a bit of a break in temps this weekend but without a good soaking rain we choke."

Made a tuna fish sandwich. A tad too toasty to cook.

I would like to go out. AQI of 155 stops me. It's also 86 degrees. At least I got my "A Gold of Her Own"  posted and remembered that it was the 3rd and time to pay rent.

74 hazy degrees and 155 AQI at 10:30? When will this crap end?

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