Heat wave!

It's amazing how hot and dry it has been this July. Indiana is known for it's high humidity and hot July and August, but this year has been truly off the charts. Of course 40 out of 52 states are also experiencing the intense heat of this summer. Even in the air conditioning it makes me want to sleep more and eat less. The grass has gone dormant, and the flowers are showing the stress. We need rain pretty badly, and yet we had so much rain in June that the farmers could not plant in the normal timing. Many corn crops were never planted. Something is happening with our Mother Earth that is leading to extremes.

The music business takes a vacation also in July. The annual July sale gives everyone an opportunity to purchase CDs at a greatly reduced price with free shipping and handling. However, even the impetus of a good sale does not offset the natural ebb that happens in July. So, this is time for me to do the various things that cannot be done in a busy schedule, and also to have some time off from a business. One of the problems with being self-employed is that you have to be intentional about taking time off.

Otherwise......you don't.

These are also very hard financial times for a lot of people and their difficulty is reflecting the extremes of Mother Earth. The jaguar emerging from the fire of a ritual at Lake Atitlan reminds me that there is so much that we don't understand in this life, and there is so much support for us from the world that we do not see.

May we all be blessed with gentleness and kindness.