The Rainy Monsoon Season is waning. We still get a little rain but less every
week. This year’s monsoon has been weaker
in general, and weather reports have been consistently over-predicting the
daily chances of rain and its intensity. Since this past week I no longer carry a huge
umbrella when on an outing, although for a while yet I will still pack a small
folding one just in case and also have a rain-proof pack-cover on board. (“Be Prepared.”)
We yearn for the Cool Season, but it is not here yet. In recent rain-free days I have been very
shocked and dismayed by the intense heat, as the sun is now out most of the
time and it cooks – with a brutal humidity!
For all my years here, I still didn’t expect it. This makes me appreciate the Rainy Season more
for its relative coolness – when the clouds protect us from the sun’s
blazing heat and when there is sometimes a refreshing breeze. (Of course – as a tradeoff – a cloudy sky
means zero astronomy, and I can rarely even see the Moon during the monsoon
season.)
Our living quarters face South-West and get a lot of
afternoon sun. The old brick building
soaks up the heat and keeps it hot all night.
And the building’s windows and doors are not very tight. We have two air con units in our small
living room/ bedroom, but they are barely enough. We still must have two fans blowing all the
time to help. I want to invest in
upgrading our entire cooling situation, but I do not own the house and no one
listens to me, so nothing gets done. Dukkha. Dukkha, indeed.
Looking ahead, there will be short random bits of cooler
weather in the coming months – our Cool Season.
A dry monsoon wind will bring more comfortable air down from northern
Asia. We will enjoy what brief relief we
can.
Blessed coolness. Zen
delight.
-Zenwind.
.
