I haven't walked on the treadmill or on the street much. The heat was beyond oppressive, and Sunday night I barely slept. But I got back on today and in fact increased my intensity a shy bit. I did 20 minutes at 1.6, bursting up to 2.0 for minutes 8 through 11. I feel good.

I sincerely wish the health club down the street--three blocks away!--would get under construction and open, for the love of pete! On the very hot days I just cannot do the treadmill, and apparently thanks to global warming we're going to have more and more of them here in the northern latitudes.

The view today was of a small ant colony that has decided to take up residence in my upstairs bathroom wall (not for long). Out the skylight, the sky was a light dove gray, and the big treetop a somber dark green, barely swaying in what's passing for a breeze on this heavy-aired day. bleh.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor