So, I blew right past the standard pagan solstice holiday without a mention, or even much of a thought. (The one in winter has always meant a lot more to me for some reason.)<\/p>\n
However, there is a local summer variant that comes along when it feels like it, and it felt like it today.<\/p>\n
After 24 hours without any sleep (I have no idea why), I crashed at 1 this morning and slept clear through to 11 very peacefully. When I woke, it was darker out than it should have been for the hour. Clouds had rolled in overnight. <\/p>\n
I checked the weather page for the precipitation chance. Five, eight, eleven percent throughout the day. Interesting. <\/p>\n
While I was making the coffee, I heard vague thunder from up in the hills. It didn’t sound like no eleven percent to me. <\/p>\n
Heading down into town, I could see it coming down to the south. Eventually I caught up and drove straight into it. By the time I got where I was going, I had to sit in the car for a while to let it go by without getting personally soaked. <\/p>\n
In moments like this I work the wipers to get the glass shiny clean. Adjust the clock and the radio. Take the wet on the inside of the door onto a cloth, and use it to wipe the dust from the dash. <\/p>\n
These are necessary prosaic traditional rituals for the marking of the holy day. <\/p>\n
I’d say this is an early start to the monsoon, though not uncommonly early. Often times it’ll begin, then go back to sun and baseline summer temps (99 degrees here) for a week or two, before getting going properly for the season. <\/p>\n
Temperatures are 5 degrees cooler during the day (though more humid), and 5 degrees warmer at night (though breezier, with luck), for a start. Both are due to the cloud cover. During the storms proper the temperature can drop another 40 degrees. <\/p>\n
Each time they do another religious festival takes place, if only quietly and down in the heart. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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