{"id":7334,"date":"2018-05-26T08:58:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T13:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=7334"},"modified":"2018-05-26T08:59:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T13:59:07","slug":"the-radiant-orb-that-makes-life-miserable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2018\/05\/26\/the-radiant-orb-that-makes-life-miserable\/","title":{"rendered":"The Radiant Orb That Makes Life Miserable"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HotI try not to use The Juggling Writer<\/em> to complain about things. Sure, I talk about work sometimes cutting in line before writing and other things like that, but…it is<\/em> a blog about all the things in life competing for time with writing.<\/p>\n

But I’m going to complain in this entry. Hell, I might even whine.<\/p>\n

About what?<\/p>\n

The friggin’ sun!<\/p>\n

The Preferred Schedule<\/h2>\n

One thing I like about living in Texas compared to up north [where I grew up] is that the sun comes up later. There comes a time during the year when the sun doesn’t come up until 7:40 in the morning, meaning…so much quiet and darkness for writing early in the day.<\/p>\n

The last time I was in northern Illinois and the sun was up at 5:15, with light shining in the sky even before 5:00, I remembered how much I always hated that. (I’m not particularly fond of the sun rising at 6:20 in the summer in Texas, either.)<\/p>\n

The flip side of the sun coming up a little later in Texas is that it stays up into the evening…often still showing its light well after 9:00 p.m. (And the heat that comes with it.)<\/p>\n

Why I Hate Summer<\/h2>\n

For many people, seasonal depression hits in the dark of winter. For me, I get bummed each summer.<\/p>\n

Summer throws my schedule off. Walks, hikes, and time in the canoe must be done even earlier, meaning less writing time in the mornings if I want to get out. With it usually being in the mid 90s still at sundown in this part of Texas, evening walks are done when I’m usually in bed.<\/p>\n

The schedule I rely upon crumbles every summer.<\/p>\n

Just look at this travesty of a forecast!<\/p>\n

\"Texas
Welcome to hell…at least there’s a breeze…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Remedy<\/h2>\n

As much as I complain about the heat, though…I’m still here in the Lone Star State. So the solution is to apparently complain on my blog about the upcoming [sustained] triple digits, but also to fight against it.<\/p>\n

Progress on the latest novel is great, and — as long as I keep it up — it’s entirely possible that I’ll have a readable draft on the hottest day of the year this summer.<\/p>\n

I can think of no better “fuck you” to my most hated season…<\/p>\n

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Photo by Giorgio Parravicini<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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