Maybe a heat wave

Air temperature 60 F, wind near calm, mostly cloudy. Under an official heat advisory here, forecast temperatures upper 80s F. Tomorrow and Thursday, 90s F. Won't be a "heat wave" unless we reach 90 today. Will be cranking up the heat pumps and cowering inside, except for a foraging run in an air-conditioned car to an air-conditioned supermarket . . .

The echo chamber

Item on the NPR news this morning, another poll showing the presidential candidates in a dead heat. Remember that no matter how passionate you may be for one Cause and one Truth, there is another voter equally passionate for the other.

Morning catbird news

Both birds seen, feeding action reveals at least two baby-beaks and a probable third. Parent very suspicious of humans beyond the window.

Entertaining

The cell phones just erupted at each end of the house. An alert telling us to ignore the previous alert, which neither of the phones had received. And now the entire area code can take a series of calming breaths.