This has been about the coolest
stretch of fine low-humidity weather I’ve experienced in my many years living
here in Thailand. It’s like fine summer
days in northern Pennsylvania. Nighttime temps have been frequently down to the high-60s F, really comfy. Typically,
we get only about one week in December that is this comfortably cool and dry,
and then days will heat up and humid dew-points return. But this year, persistent high-pressure
systems in more northern Asia have pushed dry, cool air down to us. Much of December was comfortable, as have
been these first days of January.
Blessed coolness. Zen delight!
I have been marching my
neighborhood sidewalk routes relentlessly, taking advantage of the comfortable
weather. I barely sweat (which is
radically different than the 95% of the rest of the days in a normal year, when
I am drenched with sweat just going 100 meters and back from the store).
My intensive THC-enhanced routine exercise warm-ups - of Tai Chi, calisthenics and stretching - drive me to push my limits and increase the length of my marches, and with a much quicker pace, incredibly more than in any recent years. My recent back-injury sciatica pain and disability has been reduced significantly. I am exploring further and further into areas beyond my immediate
neighborhood, seeing people and places new to me. I thrive on such exploration. I feel stronger every day.
I missed another month’s diary-blog
posting here, i.e., December’s.
Sorry. I was too busy exercising
(and reading) to turn on my laptop to write.
Good weather makes me want to Move, and I will move as much as I possibly can.
Happy New Year!
-Zenwind.
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