Heat Wave

Since I arrived to this area twenty years ago I don't recall heat like this we have been experiencing for the past few weeks. Is it normal to have 30+ Centigrades room temperature, 32-35 Centigrades in the shadow outside and 60 Centigrades in the sun? Normally, my brain refuses to work efficiently in a room temperature exceeding 30 Centigrades. And these days it has become a constant feature! No rains, scorching sun, no water in pipes. What a fun!

No Country For Old Men

When the echo of a final word of the Prayer after Mass of altar servers faded away in the sacristy of our church, I grinned to myself and groaned incomprehensibly - 'no country for old men...' Three and a half hours in sauna temperatures of in fully packed church with zero air circulation. Give me a break! I felt even my teeth sweating in this condition...