I am in one. Pain is back, with a matching headache, just to make it fun. On the bright side, I opened the windows night before last…finally. It is humid today, but not too hot, so bearable with a fan on.

I am hoping to get some cooking done in the next week. Saw a recipe for caprese salad with beets. I like beets. I’ve made the salad with mango instead of tomato, but never with beets. The beets are already cooked, too. Did that the other day. In case you don’t know, caprese salad is sliced fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper. Lovely.

I want to make banana pudding. Haven’t had that in years and it’s good weather for it. I like to be seasonal in my cooking and eating. Things are better when they’re in season, and special if you don’t have them any old time. Autumn has always been stuffed cabbage and apple pie time. Looking forward to that. This hasn’t been the best summer ever, with the awful heat and humidity we’ve had. I had the a/c on for seven days. The longest sequential use ever here. Not looking forward to the electric bill, that’s for sure.

I’ve lost my friend in Finland again. He deleted his lovely blog and I haven’t heard from him since. I’m really hoping he is okay, but I may never know. It makes me sad, but nothing I can do about it. Oh, well.