You may have noticed a notation that this should not be
confused with Work-A-Holic Day, which was July 5th.
So are we all working like dogs today? Maybe you are, but
for me--heck no! It’s way too hot! (Be glad you’re not in Iran where the estimated heat index was 165 this week.)
Me? I’m enjoying the sunshine that is outside my window. I’m
also enjoying the AC inside my house. If the heat index were 165 here, or even
100 (it’s 97 right now), I don’t believe I would be able to write this, let
alone the novel I’m working on.
I very much enjoyed writing DEATH IN THE TIME OF ICE while
we lived in hot, hot Texas. They were in a cold place, needing to flee from an
approaching glacier. The wind blowing off the impending ice was frigid.
However, in this novel, they actually are fleeing and they’re headed south. It’s
getting hotter and hotter. I can no longer look up from my keyboard shivering
when it’s in the 90s. I’m simpatico with them now.
Why would anyone put this day in the middle of the Dog Days
of Summer?
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