San Diegans are familiar with the phenomenon of June gloom. As the seasons change from spring to summer, our days become gray and cloudy in the mornings. It always burns off by the afternoon into glorious blue skies and the type of weather that pushes the lucky few who have the day off to the beaches. But almost every morning the day starts cool and quiet. I love it.
Somehow it makes the transition from 60 degrees and dark at night to 80 degrees and sunny by afternoon a little easier on the mind, body and soul.
Lately we have been seeing a reprisal of June Gloom. The earth is shrouded in gray at sun-up as if Southern Cal has punched the snooze button, gathered the sheets under it's chin and rolled over to get 10 more minutes.
I try to spend a few minutes every morning on the back deck with a cup of coffee before considering the grind of the day. Maybe take a book or the keyboard with me. The day will heat up. The physical temperatures will rise and there is the possibility that mental and emotional temperatures will rise once the workday begins as well.
But for now - in this moment, we sit quietly, breathing in the cool damp seaside air and relishing the quiet. If only there was a way to bottle the morning, keep it chilled, take it out in the heat of the afternoon or in the heat of a moment and take a big draught.
That's a type of gloom I don't mind . . .
2 comments:
Nice one. There is promise of a sunny day on the horizon.
Good stuff man.
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