It thundered and lightninged all night with lashing rain, which took me by surprise, but the air is now clean and cool. Patrick finished his first week of school, Charlotte happy as always puttering around the flat and the playgrounds. Almost the only thime she's cranky these days is if we don't get out of the house fast enough to suit her.

A citizens group in Athens in a neighborhood called Mets is organizing to prevent the destructon of the remains of the 5th B.C ionic temple of Artemis Agrotera not too far from where we live. Mets is a neighbohood founded by a German brewer from Metz, his name, and the name of his beer was Fuchs, which is now the low-medium end brand called Fix.