We’re having a family situation. Please set yourselves up with popcorn, Raisinettes and an excellent defense attorney.

Crooked is as crooked does. Also: straight lines seem very silly to plants.

The temperature peaked at 99 degrees today with humidity do-si-do-ing around 100%. We watched lightning in the distance inch toward us until it and torrential rain arrived as we walked the four blocks under tall trees from a restaurant to our home, where we were happy to be and where tomato plants were overjoyed.