It hit 90 degrees today with 82 percent humidity. It drove me into Sears to get an air conditioner for the bedroom. Then it was off to Best Buy to get a printer so I can set up something that resembles a work station. I get high speed Internet with wireless capabilities on Monday. It should be helpful for any visitors that would like connectivity and will allow me to keep in contact with the students at the U of Wash. I will finally also have a predictable way to download pictures to the blog.

Tomorrow will be a busy day...the Midland Farmer's Market in the morning and the Munger Potato Festival and Destruction Derby in the evening...a first for me...pictures on Monday, I promise. The air is filled with the scent of ripening corn...it is a unique sweetness. Out behind the house is a field of sugar beets. I had never seen them before.

I have located a source for the Sunday New York Times...Barnes and Noble but they only get six copies so people reserve them ahead of time! You have to be there right at 9AM to pick it up, otherwise. I called and they won't deliver it to 8 Mile Road. Lots to learn about living in a new community.