What to write about?
My mind gravitates towards the controversial and the illegal.
Better stay in neutral territory, Jon, and avoid being shot.
I'm in one of my notorious dark moods - - my Heathcliff Mode, but there's no need for alarm. As with all of my emotional storms, the clouds will eventually pass.....
Was that a plausible ploy to talk about the weather?
When I first moved to Tennessee the summers were mild, brief, not too humid. A pleasant change from the blistering eight-month summers in California and West Texas.
This Tennessee summer, however, is a persistent bitch: broiling hot every day with high humidity. My house absorbs heat like a sardine can on a campfire.
Sorry. It's the only analogy I could think of.
If it's 85 degrees (Fahrenheit) outside, it's 150 degrees in the house (only slight exaggeration).
I no longer have central air, like I did in Texas. I have three ceiling fans and a couple of floor fans.
When I first bought this place there were two window air conditioners but I removed them immediately. I'd rather die of the heat than have those gigantic, unsanitary monstrosities hanging from the windows.
Anyway, this summer has been plagued with eternal humidity and endless storms. Not to mention mosquitoes, flies, and furious wasps.
Thanks to the frequent torrential downpours, the weeds and brush on my property have grown to Jules Vern proportions.
I've been valiantly attacking it with shears and clippers - - but what I really need is a tractor, a plow, a dozen field hands....and Divine Intervention.
I managed to "clear" a small part of my front "yard" (above) but almost passed out from the intense humidity.
Late yesterday afternoon there was another dramatic storm.
The storm clouds gathered quickly.
And after the storm there was a dramatic amber glow (photo taken from back porch)
What else is there to tell?
I've been eating lots of hamburgers, corn on the cob, and ice cream. And cantaloupe.
This probably doesn't look too fancy or appetizing, but it tastes great.
I always cut the cantaloupe into chunks, then refrigerate it. It's really sweet and refreshing......
.......kinda like me, only better.
