the sunny side

Living without the comforts that electricity affords has its benefits. The only good that came of having no air conditioning was that I didn’t have to go outside to experience summer. What I mean is that when I spend all my time in the cool indoors during summer vacation, which lately I have tended to do, I forget that the season I love the most is passing me by. Summer is my favorite season and not because I get a bit of a vacation. I love the heat, the blue sky, the dark greens, and the vivid crepe myrtle blooms. I love walking in sunshine and feeling a thousand miles away from everything in this world. But lately I’ve stayed indoors. Lately, I’ve been watching tv. That’s not a terrible thing in small doses, but I have let the indoors replace my outdoor, summer sanctuary. Last week, though, a hurricane swept through and took away my air conditioning and tv. I stayed indoors still, but I spent my time reading. The heat was unrelenting, and I felt consumed by summer. Hidden by it. I was forced to go without contact with the outside world, and I hadn’t felt so at ease since I don’t remember when.

The air is back on, and now I have important work-related things to do. But I can still go for a walk if I want to. I should. I will.

I am also now knee-deep in Game of Thrones. I will make time for that, too. But I am aching to write.

Oh, how I yearn for last week when I had so few choices.