cave 2

again avoiding the heat in the belly of the burlington escarpment. my return to the temperate western shore of canada is very quickly approaching however, and i'm growing excited.

koala

last night joseph, christopher and i were fortunate enough to be in the front row at toronto's harbourfront centre for a free concert by kid koala. it was amazing, as are all of his shows. they are the type of show at which one doesn't really dance (except for the maladjusted sasquatch beside me); one can only stand and watch in awe.

cave

Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. (Revelation 6:15)


a friend and i were in search of adventure yesterday, which serendipitously lead us to the bottom of a cave that reached far into the bowels of the earth below the escarpment at mount nemo world biosphere reserve. i say 'serendipitously', because although we went with the intention of spelunking, we weren't considering the fact that the subterranean environment would be significantly colder than what most people above ground were forced to suffer. thus, i have discovered another way to avoid the heat, and so be able to survive the scorching summers of southern ontario.

dang hot

i love ontario. but you see, it's just so oppressively hot here. and when the hygrometre states that the air is one hundred percent wet, that means it's sweaty hot. it doesn't help that the industry of hamilton harbour and the constant throng of motor vehicles across the lake in toronto stretch wide the hole in our waning blanket of ozone. blessed thin blue line, please come back. but i fear it's too late. society is irrremediably advancing, unmitigated towards our demise. or at least towards the demise of comfortable summer afternoon reading on the deck. now we must be sequestered inside our air conditioned worlds, using up more precious energy than we can indefinitely provide. don't get me wrong- it's not really that one has much choice in the matter. in contrast, my strategy for avoiding the heat is to stay outdoors, climb behind a secret waterfall and philosophize my way through the afternoon with a good friend or two. this we do until the sun relents, permitting our reemergence into the evening.

indeed

summer is here indeed.