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Summer Heat and Exotic Curry

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It has been hot and humid. We usually get some breaks in the heat and humidity in the summer. Not this year. The relativity humidity barely edged below 60% in the last month. We don't get dew on the lawns. We got heat instead. I think the heat and humidity is why I got a summer cold. I am mostly resting this weekend. One of the things we do when we travel is get flavorings and spices. We broke into some curry this past week that we obtained in a market in Turkmenistan last year. It was good. It was made in Russia and distributed out of Belarus. They translated into Kazakh and Armenian. I liked the taste and the label.
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Spending time in PA last week it was interesting to see the impact of drilling the Marcellus Shale. There were growing businesses, activity in the small towns, booked hotels and generally a feeling of prosperity. The active drilling sites had less of an impact (lights, noise etc) than a single mini-market. "The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul." - Sir Walter Raleigh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh_%28professor%29 The other Walter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh These pics are from a while back.