A story (or a cautionary tale?) about the Tuscan summer

Not just good produce: the realities of living under the Tuscan sun

It was just a few weeks ago on August 14, 2024, the day before Ferragosto, Italy’s biggest holiday of the year when I wrote some of the words in this post. We had had several days of 40°C (104°F) weather — one even 45°C and another 44°C. But this was not just a heatwave or a few days of hot weather.

No matter what anyone’s situation at home was (air con…