That would be a good title for a blog hop. I am writing this note for Writer’s Workshop hosted by John Holton. The prompt for this week’s post is ‘window.’

I thought I would give you a window into the weather here in July in the Coachella Valley. I like to check the weather report each day to see what I can expect. And my husband usually asks me every morning at breakfast, what is the temperature going to be today. This is a reasonable question when you live in the desert during the summer.

Right now the temperature is 106 F, but feels like 114 F, according to the weather report. It goes on to say that it feels like 114 because of the humidity. Our bodies can’t sweat when it is humid so we feel hotter when it’s hot.

So I’m very happy that our air conditioning is working. Not happy that our energy bill is going up along with the heat index.

I’ve gotten used to the summers in the desert. It can get hotter than 108, but it is usually dry heat which doesn’t feel hotter than it is.

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I do love word games like ‘Spelling Bee’ or Wordle. I like the challenge of trying to find words with a certain amount of letters. I like it when I can think of lots of words with the same endings or similar sounds, when the suffixes are the same like -ion.

I do like my own language, American English. English is made up of words from many different countries though. And I do like learning about word origins.

It’s harder for me to learn new words these days. I attribute this in part to sleep deprivation. But maybe the new words are not as comforting to me as the ones I already have tucked away in my brain.

These ramblings are for ‘Writer’s Workshop.’ Featured image via macey11@pixabay.com