Inspirations, the Stories Space Coffee House: If you're reading this it just might mean I'm back, sorta. If you're not reading this, well, congratulations.

Once again, I am here complaining—but only about the weather, I promise. It's going to be stupidly hot and humid for the foreseeable future. It will be in the nineties and, starting on Monday, the 100s. I saw a forecast for much higher levels of humidity for the eastern seaboard. I am unsure how it could get more humid, but here we are. If anyone needs me, I will be indoors until further notice.

I hope everyone is doing well, staying healthy, and staying cool, especially those of us whose summer weather is hot and humid. Take care, cheers.

Cooled off here, actually. We had a fire drill at work so I had to go outside for a bit and it's like we're back to early May. Cool to start with and then a wind chill on top of that. Got plenty of rain over the past 24-48 hours, too, which will make the lawns and gardens happy.

Summertime, and the living is easy.

Well, sometimes. Welcome to summer (solstice is officially 10:42pm EDT this evening, which is GMT 2:42am tomorrow). And here is Southern Ontario, we are getting some summer weather this weekend to kick it off. 33-34C Sunday through Tuesday. Even tomorrow is looking pretty steamy at 29C.

Still, I know some need their hot beverages whether it's glacial or tropical. There's Tobermory Grotto coffee on. For teas, we have David's Breakfast and Cream of Earl Grey, both from David's Tea. I washed the pitchers and made up fresh lemonade and iced tea. Sodas are stocked. There's cold filtered water in a pitcher, too.

Now to go celebrate the solstice in appropriate style.

And lots of goodies to celebrate:

Happy Solstice!

And Talia is finally back home. That Cali-Colo flight always ends up taking a couple of days before it finally lands in the correct city. At least she got a hotel voucher this time. God I hate flying.

Okay, time to write. Coffee please!

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That Cali-Colo flight always ends up taking a couple of days before it finally lands in the correct city.

Just going from California to Colorado? Seriously? I can get a direct non-stop from Toronto to Vancouver or Calgary with no problem. Or was she not in a major city in California? I know to get anywhere from where I am, I have to connect because there's very few direct flights from our airport even domestically.

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Just going from California to Colorado? Seriously? I can get a direct non-stop from Toronto to Vancouver or Calgary with no problem. Or was she not in a major city in California? I know to get anywhere from where I am, I have to connect because there's very few direct flights from our airport even domestically.

Los Angeles to Colorado Springs. The last two trips it has taken her two days to get home. Everything is broken. Welcome to democracy.

Well, that's a bleeping mess. I think our domestic air system sucks but that's mostly expense. I can fly to Europe for less than it costs to fly to the West Coast of my own country.

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Well, that's a bleeping mess. I think our domestic air system sucks but that's mostly expense. I can fly to Europe for less than it costs to fly to the West Coast of my own country.

She's home. Life is slowly returning to normal.

It's a hot one here today, with no rain in sight. We're gonna go work in the yard until the sun forces us back inside. We're watching the 28 Days/Months/Years later movies. I've seen the first two, Talia has not. The first movie is SO GOOD.

Coffee please.

I am glad she made it home. Air travel these days is at best inconvenient and uncomfortable.

We're going to go to Newfoundland in August this year. I haven't seen all of my husband's family in years. I didn't want to go that far away with my parents' issues. Thankfully, now that my father is being cared for, I can leave. We will drive, which is daunting, but flying is not great either. You must take two or three flights to get there, and they frequently lose our luggage. And for some reason, they now route you through Detroit. We'll take it slow and visit some sites on the way up. It's a three-day trip, two days to Nova Scotia, an eight-hour ferry ride, and five hours across the island. We'll be gone for about two weeks to make that journey worthwhile.

The heat has settled in, and it will be here for a while. It was 96 today, but it will be over 100 for several days this coming week. Above 90, it all feels the same: hazy, hot, and humid. Ugh! I'll take a lemonade and some cookies and find a cool spot to read.

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. Take care. Cheers.