Living The Semi-Retired Life: Most Things I Worry About Never Happen Anyway, So...
It’s my birthday on Tuesday. So, if you don’t hear from me until later next week, I’m not dead. I’m just quietly celebrating 48 years on this warming planet with my girlfriend.
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As I write this, it’s 86 degrees in the heart of Los Angeles. A few hours away in the Central Valley of California, it’s 96 degrees. Right at the coast, in Santa Monica, it’s 72 degrees. Up north in San Francisco, it’s 68. In Las Vegas, it’s 109. In Phoenix, it’s 112.
This is the type of weather pattern we’re in, here in the southwest and across much of the nation. It’s typical for this time of the year. Cooler by the coast and warmer inland.
In Spain, the ten-day forecast sees Madrid topping out at 105 on Tuesday. On the same day, there’s a high of 93 forecast in Barcelona and 92 in Valencia. Meantime, in Seville in the south, it’s forecast to be 107 on Monday and 103 on Tuesday and Wednesday. Up north and a bit more central in Zaragoza, the same days have forecast highs of 100, 109 and 96.
The landscape of Spain, especially as you travel along the countryside, look a lot like what you see in California. The same goes for the distribution of temperatures. It’s generally, predictably cooler in some cities than others. We’re pretty much all in the same boat. Hopefully, it will rain like cats and dogs—in California and Spain—this fall and winter (except when my partner and I visit Spain in February).
In any event, I bring all of this up for a reason or two…
Both center on making drastic moves—knee jerk reactions really—in the face of real or perceived threats.