Roma Therapy

The temperature dropped 10 degrees (C) between yesterday and today, so it just could be that summer's over. The hottest summer since the weather bureau was established, says the weather bureau. We were able to make it through, however, without using any air conditioning--except for the one day that we got back from Colorado (the switch in humidity was impossible to handle). M said the days got hot, and the blinds came down to hide the sun and the view. But the evening and night breezes coming off the sea were just enough to sleep comfortably, so it was amazingly suffer-free. Not so some of the garden, and the vegetation in the hills around us has also had a hard time and is less green than usual. We did do well with cucumbers, goya, peppers and shishito; not so well with zucchini and eggplant.We did very well with tomatoes, a blessing since we do love our tomato sauce. For a while there, we'd get one of these harvests (above) every day or so, and we were able to freeze a lot. More than anything, our first-year garden taught us a lot about what not to do and that should go into lessons for next year. (Failing at zucchini, according to some, is like not being able to tie your shoelaces.) But damn, these Roma tomatoes are good!

M's slowly increasing her aromatherapy massage clients. So far, once they come to the salon at the house, they seem to want to come back, so that's a good sign, isn't it? She also goes out on call to various places, hotels, spas, etc.  I'm sure she thinks it's slow going, but I'm surprised at how quickly she's established herself. It's been a lot of hard work, but the results are good. As I'm writing, she has a client in the salon now.

Ever since seeing those glowing isotopes floating in my right lung on the image of the doctor's computer, I'm very conscious of what's going on inside me, though there's little I can do about it at the moment. Cut the alcohol intake. Walk more. Get in shape. Sleep well. Learn patience. Eat tomatoes.
I'm not sure about the last one, but it's the easiest one to do.