It is such an extremely hot day by Dutch standards. I added the latter because I am talking to my colleague, via Zoom. He is in India, and it is 42 degrees there.

I am reading a great story by Tommy Wieringa, about two brothers who run a restaurant together. One is in the kitchen, the other does the serving, and they have been trying to make each other’s lives miserable for years. A cup of coffee makes me break out in a sweat.

A cup of coffee makes me break out in a sweat. I open the doors early in the morning to bring a slight coolness into the house, but it’s mopping with the tap open. My forearms stick to the desktop. Tomorrow it will be 20 degrees and raining. Then, I will think back wistfully to this hot day.