baby, it's hot outside

©kjm

There's a chapter titled, Temperature, in the bestselling "Marilu and Kevin's Guide to Long Distance Relationships" (keep you finger's crossed - we're up for a Man Booker!). It's a short chapter - in fact, it's really just this sentence: "In the summer, Marilu shall travel north, and in the winter, Kevin shall travel south." (Accompanying colorplate, above: Marilu's pool, left, and Kevin's studio window, right.)

The forecast calls for a high of 115 in Phoenix today, so it's a good thing that Marilu will be here twice in the next month. Dry heat, Schry heat, I say.