Awfully hot, isn't it?

How's it going, my friends?
Are you okay?

I don't know how to escape this blistering heat.
How did I spend this week?

On Sunday I enjoyed soba-lunch with my friends
at a restaurant nearby.



On Monday I bought soda pop for my grandchildren.
In the afternoon I enjoyed studying English with my friends.

On Tuesday I had a call from one of my good old friends.
We promised to meet in October.

I received an air mail from Anne who has been my pen pal
since I was 13. She has been ill. I was glad to know
she was good enough to write to me.

I received an email from Roberta-san, whom I met
in Kawaguchiko last September.
We have been good friends since then.
She writes in her mail it's very hot in Italy too.
The temperature stands from 35-40℃!

On Wednesday koharu, my granddaughter, went to a village
in Gumma to join her Brass Band Club lodging for practice.
She will be back this evening.
I hope she is all right--in good health.

On Thursday I offered a silent prayer for the dead
at 8:15 a.m.

Then I went to my beauty shop and had my hair cut and dyed.
In the afternoon I worked as a volunteer waitress.

On Friday I had intended to go back to Niigata
for a week or so.
But I decided to go back next month
when it is cooler than now.

And I am watching high school baseball games at 甲子園 on TV.

How strong the players are
both physically and mentally!



(four o'cloc, yesterday)