More seasonal thoughts

So I've been a bit slack in posting recently. You'll have to forgive me.
Well, I suppose you don't have to forgive me...you'll just stop reading the blog for a while until it seems like I can start writing regularly again.
Well, I try I suppose, but it's the summer.
I'm a bit obsessive about getting out in the summer. If it's still warm and sunny outside when I come home from work then I must get out in it. Even if it's just sitting somewhere and reading a book: it's something. I'm out of the house. On the weekends, if I haven't gotten out of the house by 10, I feel guilty. I'm waisting the day. It's the summer. Get out into it.
I've put a few posts about the effects the season has on me. I am a seasonal person. I think it's healthy to have the weather impact your life from time to time. It humbles you. It forces you to relate or get help from other people. It reminds you don't always have control over every detail in your life.
I think it's one reason people from southern California are a bit crazy: they've no weather to mellow them out. It's also the reason the northern boondocks is just a little bit mellower than southern boondocks. Compare Texas or Oklahoma to Wisconsin or Minnesota. I can tell you where I'd rather live. The northerner's have at least some respect for their environment, and hopefully for other people. Eating seasonal foods (farmer's markets are great for this), drinking seasonal beer, playing seasonal activities: all of these are important. It always gives you something to look forward to, and something to miss.
So while you are sweltering in the heat, or watching a thunderstorm roll by from your air-conditioned home, take some time to appreciate the summer. The leaves will begin to fall soon enough.