75° Never Felt This Good

after a 4-day philadelphia heat wave (99° on the mac widget! blazing sun! insane heat index! excessive humidity! thunderstorms that never came!) that knocked me off my feet and put both my little window fans to work pretty much non-stop, the change in weather starting last night was an absolute godsend.

lightning flashed, thunder crashed, and lovely cold raindrops pelted me as i stood on the porch last night, staring down into a bleak back alley lit by a single spotlight and thinking about life and all its surprises. the perfect storm for my state of mind. and this morning, the breeze dancing around me -- air that wasn't muggy! air that moved! -- was like a miracle.

object lesson: even if you're from india, you can feel too hot for comfort. but all you need is a little summer rain to make everything better.