As I sit here in the relative comfort of my not cool enough home (my husband sets the air conditioner to a temperature that is way too high for my comfort,) I see that the temperature outside right now is 94 degrees. If you add the heat index to the temperature, it feels like 109+ outside and it's not all that humid. I'm writing this to warn you all about not heeding your body's warnings when the weather is hot outside. It could mean the difference between your life and death.

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It is dark and dreary here as the spring storm passes us by. We were in desperate need of rain on the southern side of Atlanta, Georgia. It seems as though every mention of a drop bellowing down to the earth from the heavens above makes me squirm out into the garden to conjure up a motion some would label a jig, and others an Indian Rain dance. Most likely if you saw the spell of a dance move that I make at the site of large thunder clouds you might think I was in need to head towards the powder room. Sometimes I think rain is a nice way of being forced indoors for a break.

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