Summer of my Discontent
I'm not a summer person. Give me howling winter winds any day.
Or even better, give me howling winter wind outside to inspire my imagination while I'm tucked away inside reading a good book. The kind of book where a crack of thunder will make me jump.
With the bright summer sun shining outside, I'm not inspired. Being from California, this is a problem. So what do I do? I draw the blinds, light some candles, and turn on a thunderstorm track on iTunes.
(Really, I have a couple great storm recordings. I think they're supposed to be for "sleep and relaxation," but they're great for setting the mood for reading or writing an atmospheric mystery.)
I have the same issue with summer travel. Hiking around castle ruins isn't nearly as awe-inspiring when the sun is beating down on you and throngs of tourists are squeezing by in the same turret.
Needless to say, give me a snow-covered stone circle in the dead of winter in England (at right) over a beach any day.
On the bright side, San Francisco summers are full of fog. Not quite as nice as a snowstorm, but I'll take it.
--Gigi
Or even better, give me howling winter wind outside to inspire my imagination while I'm tucked away inside reading a good book. The kind of book where a crack of thunder will make me jump.
With the bright summer sun shining outside, I'm not inspired. Being from California, this is a problem. So what do I do? I draw the blinds, light some candles, and turn on a thunderstorm track on iTunes.(Really, I have a couple great storm recordings. I think they're supposed to be for "sleep and relaxation," but they're great for setting the mood for reading or writing an atmospheric mystery.)
I have the same issue with summer travel. Hiking around castle ruins isn't nearly as awe-inspiring when the sun is beating down on you and throngs of tourists are squeezing by in the same turret.
Needless to say, give me a snow-covered stone circle in the dead of winter in England (at right) over a beach any day.On the bright side, San Francisco summers are full of fog. Not quite as nice as a snowstorm, but I'll take it.
--Gigi
posted by Gigi Pandian at
12:01 AM
3 Comments:
Gigi--
I love that you have a thunderstorm track! :) I miss thunder and lightening almost as much as I miss crisp fall days.
I love that photo and your post!!!
I did the most writing of my life one winter in a snowy little Colorado town. Living in LA for a year or so almost killed my writing -- the sunshine seemed RELENTLESS down there :)
I dunno how people write in the bright light of day :)
I have GOT to add a t-storm track or two to my iTunes....
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