Along Ponce de Leon the magnolias have cracked open white and enormous, and within a day the first heat presses their petals brown at the edges. Eighty-eight degrees and thick โ€” the air sits on your skin like a second shirt by nine. Tha an samhradh a' tighinn le theine โ€” the summer is coming with its fire. This is where today's Gathering begins: the ground beneath your feet before the screen tells you what to fear.
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Things that I will always find wild about #SummerInTheSouth

Simultaneously having an excessive heat advisory (heat+humidity = "feels like" of 113F) AND a severe storm advisory.

Sometimes, you just wanna turn off the TV/music/audiobooks and listen to the thunderstorm. #summerinthesouth
Just got in from errand running after work in my car that has no air conditioning. And it's 95 degrees here.

The good news? My air conditioner in my apartment was running the minute I stepped inside.

Fucking aaaaaaaaah.

#summerinthesouth #thisheatsucks
It's so hot outside, I think I saw worm sign.

#heatwave #summerinthesouth
And not surprisingly, the nearly 24 hours without electricity in summer in Georgia has triggered a fibro flare.
#fibro #fibromyalgia #SummerInTheSouth #IfItWerentForBadLuck