Hot time killing

The summer finally settled in after thinking we'd have a few more months of breezy, cool days. It's finally hot as you'd expect in August except this past weekend while in Maine the cool days prevailed and no AC required. The Maine weekend was fun as expected and the change in routine was also welcome. The official Woodstock anniversary is this upcoming weekend, however, we did acknowledge the landmark date by comparing notes and remembering that time we spent upstate in 1969..

Back at time-killing ground zero I resist the urge to watch the TV and get going on some of the projects I have which include writing, clearing out the garage for a new oil tank installation and being here for the refrigerator repair guy. Keep moving - even in the heat - is the new mantra.

We noticed yesterday while sitting on the deck that our fake "scarecrow" owl has now become Grand Central Terminal for nesting Yellow Jacket wasps. I had an urge to take the top off to see what was inside but stayed away and will do the deed when the sun goes down - whenever that is.

To enjoy free, heavy duty AC we saw some movies including the new Julia Child (Julie, Julia) piece. Overall it was pretty good but I couldn't help but think about the premise. Julie, a big fan of Julia, writes a daily blog about each one of Julia's cook book recipes which she cooks and comments on. Now this took place in 2002 and I guess blogging wasn't as developed as it is now. God, even I have a blog. Julie was getting a huge response - I guess people like French Cuisine more than time killing commentary. Book publishers and literary agents stormed her voice mail and email after reading about her project in the NY Times. I was hoping for the same thing but all I got lately was a well done on a piece on Woodstock I submitted to Car and Traveler - the AAA monthly magazine..I shall persist..