Facing the Heat

It might still be a bit warm, but the drop in humidity is making a most pleasant day. There’s a steady breeze blowing out of the southeast and what little laundry we had is now drying on the line. My headache from earlier this morning is still hanging on, but at least the heat from my heating pad eased the pain in my back. My old garden spot is now just a little field of wildflowers. With brown-eyed Susie’s, daisies, and the ever present petunias taking over the space. Me or Mr. Brown just don’t have enough energy to mention the plot anymore. But I have a fig tree full of figs, which hopefully by late summer will be ready to can.

The sycamore and fig tree offer up a fair amount of shade. But it’s the heat I have to be wary of when I venture outside. Looking out at the highway I can see plenty of trucks, cars, and motorcycles passing by. The scenery around here doesn’t change that much during the spring and summer. With the trees and bushes in full bloom with green. While look down US 280 the cotton and hay plants are springing up out of the ground, with the hopes of every farmer hanging on them.

As spring technically comes to a close, all during the season we’ve been getting a taste of the heat to come. Making me fear, the upcoming days that I’ll have to spent inside, due to my health issues. But that kind of isolation does not help the spirit or the body. It can drive you deeper into yourself and away from your connection with other humans and nature itself. This in turn feeds our minds with suspicion and fear. It’s that isolation from the natural world that fuels the fear. Turning our isolation into an excuse to hate. So embrace the summer as best you can, by turning your eyes towards nature. Receive the calm that nature offers, helping us to purge the hate and fear that plagues your souls.