First Day of Summer

When I first came to this country summers were a novelty.  I'd wake up every morning to blue skies, sunshine, and warm weather, and think it was wonderful.  I couldn't understand the people who said they were tired of it, and longing for autumn (or fall, as they call it).  But as time has gone by I find myself thinking wistfully of the damp, grey, environment I grew up in, and wonder why I didn't appreciate it.

It is not as if I am uncomfortable in the heat, I'm not an outdoorsy person, I am quite happy in the house with the air conditioning turned up and the ceiling fans going.   I think it is just the monotony of every day being the same.

Phoenix, Arizona always looks the hottest place.

There is a lot going on in the news at the moment,  you have probably heard about all the scandals, the careers that seem to be unravelling before our eyes.    I am not sure what to make of it all, what I want to know is where the President was during the attack on the Embassy in Benghazi.   I think everyone wants - or wanted - to know, but whereas everyone else has moved on to the other scandals, I am still waiting for an answer to this one, but there is just total media blackout on it.

An item which caught my attention today is a celebrity chef who has just been sacked by the Food Network for racist slurs.  She was very popular, and on every day, but I didn't like her, she was too bubbly, and gushing, and irritating.   I think she was from Alabama - one of the slave states - and apparently she organised a plantation themed wedding, I don't know if it was hers, but all the servers were black and dressed in white uniforms.   Well....you just don't get more politically incorrect than that.    I don't think this wedding was recent, and not the reason she was sacked, it is just one of the things that has emerged.