Regular readers of this blog may remember a few past posts
where I lamented the fact that my house is notoriously cold. Frigid,
actually—and year ’round too. (My wife thinks the air conditioner was invented
for those balmy December days).
Long ago, my kids and I learned to endure the icy
temperatures and deal with the artic blasts that routinely blow through the
so-called shelter we refer to as a house. Sometimes this is accomplished by
wearing a coat or multiple layers of clothing and sometimes, get this, by
turning up the heat! That only works until my wife realizes the climate has
moderated to a more normal, and livable, level. Then, with the flip of a
switch, she plunges us back into the ice age.
I may have exaggerated some of this (slightly) but one thing
is certain, it is always cold at my house. Spring, summer, fall, and winter,
it’s cold. Sometimes, I think I live in Siberia! Although... there are a few
benefits to such conditions, for instance: we do not need to refrigerate our
pop, and there’s never any rush to put away leftovers—it’s not like they’re
going to spoil!
My children have all moved on to warmer surroundings, but
now, there is a new generation feeling the effects of my wife’s strange
aversion to anything resembling heat. My daughter was putting away her laundry
the other day and started to put her son’s fleece pajamas in his drawer. “No,”
he said. “Those are for Grandma’s house.”
Poor kid. I know exactly how he feels. But it is nice to see
the survival instinct kicking in! ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. Bruce A. Borders
is a proud member of Rave Reviews Book Club.
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