Almost 100 degrees today, and tomorrow and again on Tuesday. Thank God global warming is a liberal fantasy.

Today I rated 3 books out of the 568 I have in my catalog, under links at the side here, MY BOOKS. I rated them all 5 stars -the highest rating. First is ANTHONY BURGESS's long novel Earthly Powers, at 600 plus pages; then Victor Pelevin's THE LIFE OF INSECTS, shorter, at 180 packed fantasy page; then lastly George Saunders' The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, the shortest, satirical fantasy at 144 pages, a divine escape. Burgess is demanding, expansive, realistic; the Life of Insects, well the main characters are mosquito's, ants, and more in an allegory where thy pull Gregor Kafka switchs; to the Reign of Phil, a satire on politics today with a bit of Animal Farm here and there.

So much to read, so little time. A crescent moon set about a half hour ago, an incredible orange color. I saw on tv that jet contrails may block out stars in the night sky in 50 years. Where would be if the ancients had not had the stars to wish on, to dream on, to think about?

Notice, I have learnt to insert links . . .