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SOUP

We left for the all-family dog walk yesterday at sunrise. There, between us and the sun was the heavy air that has dominated our daily life for the last week. Soup.

Some would say it is smog but we don't have any factories and such. There are cars and this is Southern California; but nothing would explain the haze that has endured over the last week.

No. These are natural pollutants. Pollen. Water. Some sand particles. All mixed up and hanging there waiting for a front to carry them out and away.

In the meantime, Allegra is not enough. Our four day cold of two weeks ago still manifests in the form of allergy augmented post nasal drip. We cough and sputter. People on the phone ask if we are OK. Such is the nasality and raspiness.

This is the price we pay for the rain and the incredible desert bloom. It is comparable to the autumn air scum that is generated by the practice of lawn and golf course scalping. Bad shit.

So nature has its own pollutants. Pollen. Pollutants. Poll.

We will be OK though. The air is turning back into its crytalline blue skies and endless line of sight; all the way 'out there'.