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June, July, August, and September are generally hot, humid months in Ontario. You may catch a break at the beginning of June and the end of September with warm but otherwise pretty pleasant weather, but even that isn’t guaranteed these days thanks to climate change.
I stay cool during heat waves by:
1) Showering in cool water at least once a day and more often if it’s unbearably hot (Think anything above 35 Celsius in general or above 30 Celsius and really humid. That translates to about 95 Fahrenheit with lower humidity or 86 Fahrenheit with high humidity).
2) Eating cold, healthy meals. My diet becomes much more raw and plant-based in the summer when so much delicious fresh produce is in season and I’m trying to avoid turning my stove on.
3) Visiting Lake Ontario. All of that water cools the outside temperature down dramatically on the pier and beach. That’s before you take swimming or wading in the lake into account as well.
4) Exercising early in the morning, after sunset, or (if the heat warnings are severe) not at all. I rest as much as possible during the hottest portions of the day unless I’m going swimming and have plenty of sunscreen to prevent me from burning.
5) Keeping the blinds closed. This makes more of a difference than you might think if you do it consistently and don’t turn your oven or stove on either. My air conditioner is busy enough as is with the outdoor heat, and on very hot days it struggles to keep up.
6) Enjoying vegan ice cream. I don’t eat it very often the rest of the year and hot weather diminishes my appetite, so this gives me something to look forward to when we’re days or weeks into a heat wave.
7) Drinking plenty of ice water, especially if I’m being exposed to the heat for long periods of time.
8) Running ice cubes up and down my limbs.
9) Watching films or tv shows about cold, snowy places. I have no idea how this works, but it sure does seem to help.
10) Wearing loose garments made from natural fabrics and as few layers of clothing as possible. (That is to say, no socks, please!)
I know this week’s prompt only asked for one answer, but I’m going to give four because I couldn’t narrow them down any more and, just like I do with books, I also jump around between musical genres.
It will be interesting to see how devoted fans of this genre answer this question.
1) It has taught me so much about our world that I wouldn’t have otherwise learned, from the customs of other cultures to what life was like for people who lived in a specific century, with a certain illness, etc.
My questions for this week’s prompt are how far back are people going to go when selecting older books and how many of us will have already read what other folks recommend?
If I could hop into a transporter and instantly be sent anywhere, I’d pick Iceland and Tanzania.
Tanzania would be another cool place to visit once I’d made sure I still had my sun hat and plenty of sunscreen to keep my dermatologist happy. (Ha!)
I’ve answered similar questions here in the past, so some of this may be a repeat for those of you who have read my blog for a while.
I have only occasionally developed crushes throughout my life, so I had to dig deeply for this post.
