It’s been a gut-punch week in the annals of U.S. history—hurricane, fires, extreme heat, murder, protest, covid—all topped off with the blood-curdling abomination of the RNC.

To try for a psychic realignment I, despite the heat, went for a long, non-high-speed ride all over everywhere. It helped a little.

The hoped-for change in the weather seems to have been delayed.