Have you heard …

Flames
Sparks
In a blue fireplace
Logs hold embers
though some have gone out
or dimmed.
Brilliant shades of orange
yellow
pink
purple
blue
Cool grays
and the smooth, even black
behind the sparkling embers.
Puffs rise and smell of fire
carrying with them
that dead flame
known as
ash.
Warmth fills the room
except the very
back
corners
where it is cold
and dark.
One spark
Two sparks,
spit out by the fire
fading
in the corners,
flecks of gold
in the darkness
Sun sets
Turquoise sky
City [...]

ERROR
ERROR
Err693860-ie4869
ORDINAL
DAY
OF
SUMMER
NOT
DETECTED
ERROR
ERROR
Err784771-ie3590
WEATHER
NOT
DETECTED
I am assuming today to be the 44th day of summer, but if I happen to be wrong I will find out eventually. I got a cold recently and still have the infamous lingering cough and slight drowsiness, but other than that I have improved significantly. In addition, we went to Six Flags [...]

Day 9 of summer.
It is rather warm, but an improvement on yesterday’s incinerating weather.
I do not recommend today:
THIS IS FOR ME; Do Not Eat All Of The Cake! There. That should do.
I do recommend today:
I do recommend–here it comes–do I really want to say it?–housework. Yes, you heard me. Well, it [...]

Day 8 of summer.
IT IS RATHER WARM, to say the least.
I do not recommend today:
I strictly do not recommend wearing anything warm today. At all. Whatsoever.
I do recommend today:
What I do recommend is to get wet in some way, although unfortunately today I personally have been unable to do so. And I [...]

Days 5, 6, 7 of summer, respectively.
IT IS, AGAIN, VERY, VERY HOT.
Because I missed too many days of summer, and because they were reasonably uneventful, I’m not going to do the whole recommendations and such today. This is not going to look like my normal Summer Log posts. But I’ll tell you what [...]

Day 2 of summer.
It is nice and warm, certainly not as hot as it was yesterday.
I do not recommend today:
I do not recommend staying inside all day, and I do not recommend taking a hot shower.
I do recommend today:
I do recommend getting yourself outside for at least fifteen minutes, probably longer. Maybe get some [...]

Day 1 of summer.
IT IS VERY HOT.
I do not recommend today:
I most certainly do not recommend wearing pants today. Especially skinny jeans. Yeah, learned that the hard way.
I do recommend today:
What I would recommend is get wet and/or get in front of the fan–and don’t leave it until tomorrow morning.
Today’s news:
First of all, [...]