A truly beautiful day, a glorious day.
There have been many fine days this summer – no question about it, the hottest year in history has given us the summer weather that seems proper to me, a real summer in the seventies Fahrenheit, with sun and breezes and all.
I am unfortunately so mechanistic (really: mechanical) that when there is a long stretch of gray days (such as the two weeks after my visit to Spain) I go all depressed. And on a day like today I am happy.
Unfortunately, the gray days still vastly outnumber the bright days (of both sorts), and I still am not getting things done that would enable me to survive in my career; so I still need a changed life.
But today it does not seem important....
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The workmen across the street – staunch British working class all – call out to each other a few words of Spanish, clearly referring to their vacations in Spain and the wonderful weather. Perhaps they also wish they lived in the south.
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While I'm replanting some of my window boxes, messing about on my small back deck, a local Goth girl goes by: long black dress, buttons all the way down. Arms crossed, rather sullenly. She has to walk the dog – and I can't believe that, at some level, she doesn't thoroughly resent her fashion choice in this weather.
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