Do not get excited by the fact that I am so deliriously enchanted with the end of the heat wave and the return of the Delta Breeze that I am tonight leaving most of my windows open (with screens, of course, hello, West Nile virus). I have three very large dogs and one small yappy one. OK, so the small one is all bark, no bite, one of the big ones is old and losing her hearing, and the two youngsters are very friendly.

I also have a parrot who’d as soon bite you as look at you. So don’t get any ideas.

Cool breeze! Cool breeze! I don’t remember ever appreciating it so much.