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A LONG, HOT SUMMER
Morgan St. James, Editor

Editor

The months seem to be flying by. Here it is the middle of July and
it seems like we just celebrated New Years Day. And, I say the
long, hot summer because it seems like we have had more heat
earlier in the year in 2015. At first I thought it was because I lived
Cont’dVegas page… always have hot summers. Hey, we’re desert
in Las next and we
rats, right? That is as long as we have our refrigerated air
conditioning.

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But then my sister Phyllice Bradner, also my co-author for the
Silver Sisters Mysteries, posted a photo on Facebook of her poor
heat-stressed cat Coco, lying on its back in front of a fan as
temperatures continued to rise in Oregon.

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And, my son in New Jersey told me it was just too hot and humid
to ride his beloved Harley. What’s a person to do?
Well, I headed to Los Angeles, with dreams of escaping our 114
degree heat. Guess what? When it’s hot, it’s hot. From June 26-28
I was giving a workshop and participating on three panels at the
Greater Los Angeles Writers Society Conference in Van Nuys CA at
Los Angeles Valley College presented by West Coast Writers
Conferences.

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The San Fernando Valley is definitely hotter than Marina Del Rey,
where I lived when I was an “Angeleno.” Temps were over 100 in
the Valley. Where was this relief I’d dreamed about?

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