Another HOT day in Chicago. The walk to work was fine, this morning. I did cut through the hospital (Northwestern). It covers 2 blocks, the ground floors are mostly large open lobbies. The walk home, well when you open the oven to look at roasting chicken, that blast of hot air is what the walk home was. BUT IT IS THUNDERING, lightning and rain, and the temp has dropped from the mid 90s (heat index 106) to the high 70s. I opened the window, it was like opening the dishwasher right when it beeps finished. A bit steamy.

Still reading Cannery Row, and that short story is beautiful. Memorable characters, events, place names. This Steinbeck did know how to put words together in phrases, phrases into sentences, sentences into grafs, and graphs into chapters. A struggling couple, the husband says he does not want a picture of ham cut from a magazine on a platter again. Laugh then cry.

Today an old copy of PEYTON PLACE arrived, for Paul. He loves that movie. I have never sat through it, but read about the book. For me a few books, including WOE IS I - a book on how to write clearly. And a few others.

Time to catalog!