Saturday, December 24, 2005
WINTER
We are in the grip of winter here in Palm Springs.
Yesterday the temps got up to 77 and we will break 80 for the next few days.
It is hard to get into the winter holiday season under these difficult conditions.
I know. Heads are nodding and someone, somewhere in the Northeast, is saying, "See? I was right. It is terrible not to have seasons!"
I used to be one of those people.
It is not terrible at all. We do have seasons; they just moderate a bit differently. Believe me. Once the desert body thermostat is set, a morning on the bike at 42 degrees can be pretty fucking cold.
But, it is nice to know that by the time the sun is up we will start to work up the scale about thirty degrees.
Anyway, we do have a way to compensate. We look at snow pictures.
Here is a nice slide show put together at Slate by Magnum.
The photos are first class. Wait for James Dean to show up! And, in the meantime, happy holidays from the land of the sun.
