A Change in the Air
I love humidity, really, I do. I love the way it buoys me up, an invisible presence; the way it surrounds me. I like an air that can hold its own.
Sometimes after a long day in a chilled office I walk the hot sidewalks of a muggy D.C. and my fingers fairly tingle with the moisture in the air. The feeling comes back into air-condition-numbed extremities. I feel alive again.
And yet … this morning I woke up to a lovely, chilled, low-humidity day … and it feels divine.
Suddenly, there are closets to clean and yard work to do. There are books to read and comb through, materials to research. And this isn’t even counting what awaits me at the office.
Summer torpor slows me down, and that can be a good thing, a corrective. But after weeks of stickiness, this low-weight air is invigorating, a mountain stream. It gives me a first-day feeling, a necessary fresh start.
3 thoughts on “A Change in the Air”
Just found your blog and thus, your writing. You seem to be the right person to read, especially in hot humid days, ha, ha, ha. I hated humidity in the air, mainly because I grew up in very dry or low humidity area and I always considered myself a straight-hair person, but in humidity, my head looks like a badly-kept bird nest, you know what I mean. Well, this year, I decided to get my hair done and see if I can get away this summer north with my hair "au naturel", well, surprise! I did not realize my hair is nicely curly and so far I am enjoying it and not worrying about the humidity in the summer and in-an-out of the pool. It is odd how sometimes with what we have naturally and want to be or have the opposite…well here we go…I guess I am finally "growing up" in certain respects. I will follow you and I think you follow me? But anyway, with so much of your writing, I have the opportunity to read a lot of your pen. Enjoy everyday of this wonderful season and then comes the next…just as wonderful or better yet. Sincerely, Teresa Camacho-Hull
Your writing makes now appreciate the humidity, the way it surround us and it might even invigorate me to get to the tasks I have at hand. I am glad to read your lines.
Hello Teresa, Thank you for reading and for writing! I tried to leave a comment for you on your blog but it kept wanting me to sign up for Google + so I gave up. I agree: so often we want to be the opposite or have the opposite of what we have — especially when it comes to hair!
I can definitely relate to your feelings about the humidity. When I am stuck inside the office at work in a freezing cubical all day, I count the minutes to be able to go outside at sit at the picnic table for lunch. It could be 100 degrees and I sit there and take in all the warm air. It rejuvenates me.
Lester Griffin @ Morgan Mechanical