return to warm

the week began with cold temperatures & rain.  the weekend begins with summery conditions.  indeed, my walks home from work are a proof that, i think, most of us are ready to slough off the wet, cold weather for sunshine & heat.  in my own kind of flanuerie thru & in my beloved berg i pass enthusiastic dog walkers, & their dogs, skateboarders, roller skaters [i saw a girl roller skating past me on old fashioned skates (four wheeled shoes) doing her own kind of disco].  lots of people outside enjoying the weather.  & my hometown has developed to accommodate the young & new fangled with breweries, brasseries, bistros, pubs & all manner of cool shit that did not exist when i was young & new fangled.  i feel fucking cheated.  young people have a vibrant city core to enjoy, today.  when i was only a lad there were the odd nightclub & restaurant, but nothing like now.  bummer!  anyway, it was a pretty warm day.  it is midnight as i type & tho the weather has cooled it is so pleasant & mild that i have the windows open.  so let us celebrate.  what?!  you heard me.  let us celebrate our lives now today.  for there is no other reason better than that.  i am aware how fucked the world is.  it will only probably get worse.  & yet & yet, i have had a taste of summer.  it was lovely.  it is lovely.  as the poet said, my life is made of the world.  i will do what i can.