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			The Fires of Spring - De File Does Collecting Make You Feel Dirty?

cbertsch


	The Fires of Spring
	It's a warm, sunny day in the 70s. The tomatoes are ripening like mad. It feels like spring has already arrived. Why is it, then, that I'm beset with the one environmental pollutant my lungs can't handle: woodsmoke. Is it really necessary to light a fire on a day like today? If there were humidity in the air, I'd be alright. But I just keep inhaling little irritants that float endlessly in the wrung-dry air. Oh, for a few weeks in a steamy, tropical clime. . . Tags: health, home, tucson

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	From: elf_owl	Date: January 5th, 2006 06:56 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

God, I love wood fires. But I do find it silly for one to be lit today, when I wished there was a cover of the steering wheel of the car I was driving because it was so hot.

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	From: _luaineach	Date: January 5th, 2006 07:05 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

Having not gone outside at all today other than to drive Jet to school this morning, all I can say is that it is *cold* in the house -- thermostat says 59. I'm in a heavy sweatshirt that I'm probably going to be regretting five minutes into the cross-town drive I'm just about to make to go get Jet.

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From: e4q	Date: January 5th, 2006 07:34 pm (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

shut up all of you with the *hot*
grrrrrr
and - brrrrrr
it's properly cold here now and i am beside myself with hating it

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	From: frostedfuckhead	Date: January 6th, 2006 02:25 am (UTC)		(LINK TO SPECIFIC ENTRY)

i am rather fond of the cold in beijing. i guess after 24 years of arizona, it's quite novel to walk outside and not feel my nose. its not *really* cold here tho. it doesn't really get below 10 degrees. at least i don't think it has yet.

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