Rhapsody to humid heat

[asakiyume]

Waking up this morning was like waking up in the Amazon, and I AM HERE FOR THIS. Out my back window, a northeastern jungle, so many shades of green, dappled sun, morning mist. An aural bouquet of birdsong and small critter sounds. Right now there's a scent of wood smoke.

I love the way the medium of humid air makes you intimate with every other thing. The way everything is right on your skin and in your lungs. The glass of water sweats, you sweat. Time dissolves, sound travels nonlinearly, odors are more vivid. I love the lassitude, the exhaustion.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Thank you my dear!

(I know i'm being a troll putting out an opinion like this at a time like this, but it really does delight me!)

[sovay]

(I know i'm being a troll putting out an opinion like this at a time like this, but it really does delight me!)

It isn't trolling if you are celebrating something you genuinely like. If you were showing up on people's comments to chide them for their reports of heatstroke, then you would be a troll, but I can picture that even less than the current temperatures in Boston.

[asakiyume]

I'm grateful for your understanding, and indeed, I really would *never* do anything like that. I was going to offer a whole long disclaimer at the end of my entry, about how I know I'm speaking from a position of privilege (I'm not out working on a highway or in a sweatshop in weather like this, and I don't have health situations that make it dangerous), but I decided to let it pass. But yeah: I know it's no joke for a LOT of people.

And I do, genuinely, love it. I am totally blissed out right now.

[sovay]

I'm grateful for your understanding, and indeed, I really would *never* do anything like that.

I seriously didn't worry about it.

And I do, genuinely, love it. I am totally blissed out right now.

Good! Do you have a suitable river nearby?

[asakiyume]

Well there's the mighty Connecticut--but that's a drive. There are small creeks and basins, though, which I check on daily.