So hot...

It has not rained in months. I remember I few days in which we received a light mist in the early morning. But those days have been very few indeed. At the beginning of the summer the majority of people would water their lawn fairly regularly. People fought hard against the dry spell.

But by now most have given up. Lawns have turned brown. You can walk blocks without seeing any green grass. Yet the rich vegetation of Oregon still litters the city. The trees, bushes and various shrubbery had more than their fair share of water over the winter. Apparently, they had enough to go through an entire summer without rain.

I had read that it rains all winter and the sun shines all summer. But I did not truly appreciate what this means.

The temperature is generally in the high 70's or low 80's. The summer days offer plenty of sunshine. It is rarely too hot. It is never too cold.

Currently, we are in one of our rare heat waves. It was 97 today. It is supposed to be 101 tomorrow. One of the odd things about the weather out here is that the temperature slowly progresses throughout the day. Today it was much hotter at 8pm than it was at 12 noon. This is true of most days.

I am about to retire for the night.


It is hot.

I have been alternating between reading Thomas Merton's Seven Storey Mountain and Acts.


I suppose I shall go do that now.



It is hot.