Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
4/16: pre-weekend relief
I don't have allergies, but this spring even people without allergies are having a terrible time with the Arkansas pollen. Objectively speaking, the pollen here is a pretty amazing phenomenon: you can SEE it, a yellow dust over everything. I'd never experienced that in other places I've lived. The downside of such palpable pollen is the effect it has on one's body, and this week I've been laid kind of low (as have a record number of people in the area). Today I'm feeling a little better, and I went to the doctor's office this afternoon to get some reinforcements in case I start back-sliding over the weekend.
Last spring/summer was especially bad here in Perth, too. I sympathise with you, as I was on hay fever tablets for at least six months.
ReplyDeleteYou would love the dazzling yellow flowers of our native acacia wattle tree, but bring plenty of hankies if you want to come and check them out!
Hi, Sam--I have an Australian student, and as I was suffering this week she mentioned the wattle trees, too!
ReplyDeleteAnother coincidence :-)
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