(re-post)
Today is the first full-ingredient summer day – sun, heat, kids off school, tourists, doors and windows wide, people everywhere outdoors especially patios. I got back into my sun-baked car after the usual enjoyable session at the Knit'n'Cafe and was driving along with car windows open and setting on cool and fan on – and thought – "What ever happened to side vent windows on cars?' Gills, so to speak. The little windows that swivelled so you could direct them directly on a person and get such a refreshing breeze. Natural air. Not air that has to be directed to the inside of a car via a noisy fan and then does a rather dusty and inefficient job of cooling. I suddenly remembered them. Cut my eyes to where it would be in the car if it was there. Put up my flat palm in a semblance. Caused a stranger to suddenly wave back at me. Put both hands back on the wheel. Sighed.
Posted on June 27, 2008 at 03:06 PM |