I keep forgetting to mark it down here. At least every other morning I've been getting up and getting straight on the treadmill. I've upped my time and speed to 22 minutes at 1.8, and I've been listening to the completely splendid and perfectly timed podcast from Scientific American, Science Talk with the genial Steve Mirsky. Even if you're not a science geek you'll enjoy it. And, weighing in at 25 or so minutes apiece, they are perfect for the treadmill.

The view lately has been schizophrenic. We have had the oddest summer I can recall. Today, for instance, it's going to be around 91. Tomorrow, 73 and raining. Go figure.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor