I am back in Visalia, CA. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN!!! It has been getting hotter and hotter and drier and drier. We have had only one short shower since March. So, the water council has asked us to use less water because it is so hot that people are using more power to run their air conditioners The water people will use their own generators a couple of days a week so the grid can pull more power to cool off the hot people. Sharing!
Did that make sense?
So basically we need to use less water – yes the Colorado River and all the lakes she feeds is in grave danger – AND now we are to use less power. Less power / less water. My kind of song. Totally doable. Makes sense right?
And because I like things to be measured it is 15% less water and use it at night.
As I write it is 109F/43C. So dog and I are not going outside today. My walk was fast this morning.
In three weeks I am wandering back to Home Base, The Farmy. I am going to focus on planting trees to cover all my travel. My jungle is my personal carbon sink. It’s been a while since I was at the Farmy but this is how my life is now. I am going to keep going round and round all my families so I stay in touch with everyone. The string on my balloon has been cut.
I refuse to conform. I am involved with my families now. Right up to the neck. And they don’t all live down the road so I am back travelling. I am so looking forward to seeing Our John and the farm. Next in the rotation.
I have a new part time job! Working with and tutoring for a new company that is beaming reading tutors into classrooms to address literacy struggles in our young ones. One on One online reading tutoring for 15 minutes every day. Same kid, same tutor, same time, every day.
I can take this job anywhere and teach from anywhere.
This is another job I can get passionate about! Reading fluency in 1st to 3rd graders in 2022 is roughly 30% behind previous years. In the US some of the schools were closed for almost 18 months and I am up for supporting the teachers and these kids any way I can!
As well as the teaching there is a lot of daily paid training, because I naturally create teams, I have collected a group of new tutors into my own team to work on stuff, we zoom daily as well and I feel plugged back in! It is great to be back in the game.
Bio-needs is my new word! “Remember to take care of your bio-needs.” Awesome!
Have a great day!
C
The Kitchen's Garden 
33 responses to “113F Here Today”
Hello! We had torrid heat this summer and last while in France…and I was amazed to see how well our house performed if we followed certain rules. They have very thick stone walls and if I monitored windows, doors and shades to keep intense heat and light out, the house felt—not lying here—air conditioned. I also did all cooking in the morning and kept lights off. Amazing to feel so OK without AC. LOVE your tutoring! I would love to do that too. xxxx
Love that your old building could show its secrets like that! The walls in these modern suburban buildings are so thin you could cut through them with a box cutter..
It’s true…it’s a weird sensation. I feel loved and protected by the walls. By the past that was wise enough to build for the ages. No box cutters will bring down that house! I also secretly love that we have to live smarter, better, with less. It’s about (expletive) time! Happy you are set free, on your wings again. I also love the concept of living with your families (plural)…overlapping circles. Circulating among the circles. A great new/old concept again. No matter where you are, I love checking in on your life. The Farmy was the starting point, but wherever you take the story is fine with me! x
Yes! Those circles !! I have lived a far away life for so long. Time to change my tune and live a close up one.
Nice to hear you are up to exciting work and family stuff! Such heat, would be hard to put up with. I remember as a child laying in the cool cement floor in the basement to cool off. No a/c then. The cool relief provided by trees is so valuable. I’m sure your place at the Farmyard is well reserved. I have 2 sons with wives and families, 2 sons for the oldest and 1 son and another on the way in February for the youngest son. Every day is a new adventure. I wish you well.
Hi , your new job sounds rewarding and right up your alley. I’m very happy you are getting your soul fed and filled with your children and “grands” ! I’m happy to pay a visit to The Farmy. It seems like awhile since we were there. Safe travels as you go…..Barbie
Thank you Barbie! Almost back to the farm- just one more week!