Today the temperature is expected to reach 100F (38C).
Whether or not we reach that meteorological milestone, I know it's hot, and that it's been hot since Sunday.
I know it's hot when I'm riding the streets of this city and hope to see a bunch of kids (or grown-ups) cavorting around an open fire hydrant. I pretend that I'm Charlton Heston--I mean, Moses--at the Red Sea except, of course, that the plume of water doesn't part to me. Of course, I don't want it to.
It's hot when I don't mind some teenager aiming the spray at me--although I have to wonder about any teenager who wants to see an old lady like me in a wet T-shirt!
If I were this woman, I don't know that I would merely stand in front of the fountain on a day like today:
Whether or not we reach that meteorological milestone, I know it's hot, and that it's been hot since Sunday.
I know it's hot when I'm riding the streets of this city and hope to see a bunch of kids (or grown-ups) cavorting around an open fire hydrant. I pretend that I'm Charlton Heston--I mean, Moses--at the Red Sea except, of course, that the plume of water doesn't part to me. Of course, I don't want it to.
It's hot when I don't mind some teenager aiming the spray at me--although I have to wonder about any teenager who wants to see an old lady like me in a wet T-shirt!
If I were this woman, I don't know that I would merely stand in front of the fountain on a day like today:
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| Diane Randall. Image from VeloJoy. |
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