The July Heat Wave

I awake sweaty and grumpy. The thermometer reads 82 degrees. The humidity is 69 percent.

I wish I didn't know that 90-plus degree days are forecast for at least the next six days. I can embrace a day of heat when I know cooler weather is coming.

But I don't look forward to enduring sweaty days and the biting insects that come with it.

I'm like the sheep and horses and chickens -- who prefer the cold, when it only takes a windbreak and extra food to endure the weather.