Have a Handle on the Heat

     When the dew point creeps up and the heat ratchets up —every air conditioned place sees its  popularity index also go up. I’ve noted that libraries appear to have more patrons.

     My answer, if there is one, to this incessant heat— day after day—is to take out an armful of books from the library. I had a list, carefully assembled—three fiction books and one non-fiction. I had recently finished a large tome, so I wanted books that could be read within a few days— without staying up to dawn.

     Years ago I would open a book, become totally engrossed, and read until three or four in the morning. If I attempted that now I’d either fall asleep or re-read the same page dozens of times. It isn’t as if one became wiser with age— just that one’s fortitude was sorely tested and found wanting. 

     So now that I have a cache of books, some edible treats —the dew point is merely a statistic. And it beats snow.