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What Ninety Degrees Does to the Inside of My Body - seasons & energy
Seasons & Energy

What Ninety Degrees Does to the Inside of My Body

Heat doesn't tire me out the way a long day tires me out. It empties me from somewhere lower down, somewhere behind…

The Three Days Between Seasons When Nothing Feels Right - seasons & energy
Seasons & Energy

The Three Days Between Seasons When Nothing Feels Right

There's a stretch every year, right when one season is giving way to the next, when my body seems to lose its…

The Hour When It Gets Dark and Everything in Me Wants to Stop - seasons & energy
Seasons & Energy

The Hour When It Gets Dark and Everything in Me Wants to Stop

Somewhere around the third week of standard time, the dark starts arriving at five o'clock and my whole body treats it like…

The Week the Clocks Change and My Body Refuses to Follow - seasons & energy
Seasons & Energy

The Week the Clocks Change and My Body Refuses to Follow

The clocks move an hour and the calendar accepts it instantly, but my body treats the whole thing like a rumor it…