As of… Wednesday, July 15

• At this very moment… I’m listening to a dramatic thunderstorm develop over the mountains and watching all the boats race home before the lightning strikes. It’s like mother nature couldn’t take the heat anymore and unleashed fury.

• Preparing for… the Big Hike in August! We took a practice hike up Mont Baron and Mont Veyrier which seemed to be uphill both ways, until the very very end, when we suddenly descended so steeply that my toenails threatened to detach. I took a picture from the top (not of my toenails) which looks like it has some weird filter on it, but that’s just what it looked like.

• Here are some other summer snaps from the last few weeks.

• Reading... a lot of cookbooks. And A Land and Its People by David Sedaris.

• Cooking… as little as possible.

• A recent highlight… stumbling into this bookshop that’s been in Annecy since 1731.

• Found quote of the month… “People have tried and they have tried, but sex is not better than sweetcorn.” - Garrison Keillor

• Heading to… Seattle for the weekend!