Rain, rain, and more rain. But I'm not complaining! All day yesterday, it rained on and off, maybe about a half an inch total, keeping it cool enough in the house to cook quite a bit. Pancakes and bacon for breakfast, of course. A brief wet walk.

We went to teach the children at UUFA. There were only 4 of them, two 5-year-olds, an 11-year-old and a 13-year old. It was an important lesson and I'm not sure I was successful in teaching it to all of them: It's important to say positive things to each other, and you can also tell yourself how wonderful you are. I read a lovely story about a boy who had a bad day at school, with his classmates teasing him. One of the 5-year-olds told me he used to go to Montessori, but now he is home schooled. I'm a little sad about it.

For lunch, we went to DePalma's. We called my Dad and invited him to meet us there. It was fun and good. I spent the afternoon reading emails and doing things in the kitchen, with a brief foray to the garden. I prepared a pound and a half of green beans that we grew--the most wonderful beans you ever ate, young and fresh. I turned them into bean snap, but sadly I let them burn a little, so the flavor of the dish is compromised. Ray cooked and mashed a couple potatoes.

I also made a chocolate pudding with a layer of sauteed bananas. It doesn't taste as good as it sounds, so there is a lot left. Plain chocolate pudding would have been better.

I made some bread, too, but it didn't rise as much as I would have liked. It may be the recipe, or the weather, or I just didn't catch it at the peak moment.

TV, reading, bed, but I had trouble falling asleep with my noisy mask on.

This morning early, more heavy rain was muic to my ears.