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Why is my day off also the day where bidding starts on livelongnmarry? I've already got two bids going on my three offers.

I am thinking about exploring the comic shop/used bookstore/record store in the nearby city today. I don't know if I want a comic, but I might pick up a used book or a record. It is likely to be air-conditioned and they might be able to tell me where I can find a coffee shop for iced coffee, knitting, and the continuation of storytelling.

Ginger Lemonade

7 cups water
1.5 cups lemon juice
.5 cup sugar
ground ginger to taste

Pour water into a pot and put on medium heat. Add sugar and ginger (I used roughly 1 tablespoon, maybe a little more - three shakes). Stir. When all sugar and ginger are absorbed remove from heat. Let cool. Pour lemon juice into pitcher. Add sugar water to pitcher. Stir. Refrigerate. Serve with ice. Mint leaves option.

The ginger gives a mild kick to otherwise traditional lemonade. Ginger supposedly (the internet tell me) makes you sweat more and thus feel cooler. Personally, I just like the taste and it's hard to find a recipe that has ginger in something cool/icy so I can enjoy it in the summer. (At this point, with heat and humidity, I average on two meals a day, one consisting of flat bread and fruit with iced tea and the other containing a protein consumed after sunset, when the temperature is manageable. Ginger soup or something is not going to be consumed.) This recipe makes a full pitcher which will last about three days in my house. I'll be making a double batch before the 4th.