Alexithymia: Sophia's Tips for Predicting Weather

Meanderings...

After almost twenty years of trying to find my voice, I am once again confronted by a blank page. Ever since I can remember I have possessed a penchant for keeping my thoughts, emotions, and ideas about the world within the safe confines of my head where they remain unassailable, free from judgment, speculation, and ridicule. My big sister once observed that “one of the greatest struggles that arises from being a human being (besides living and loving) is loneliness. Loneliness does not always have to do with the number of people around; more profoundly, it comes from the connections one can (or cannot) make from one's experiences to the experiences of others.”

Some time ago however, I realized that I am not content just to be alive; rather I desire to live and to do so deliberately. And so, here I am, putting my thoughts, ideas, and experiences out there for the world to read that I might overcome alexithymia. In doing so, I hope to gain a clearer understanding of myself by sharing and partaking in the cathartic effects of language. –AB

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Sophia's Tips for Predicting Weather

1) Red sky in morning, sailors take warning; Red sky at night, sailor's delight.

2) If, by a campfire, you see the smoke hug the ground before it blows away, a storm is on its way; If the smoke flies straight up, you can expect warm weather ahead.

3) If the morning dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass; When grass is dry at morning light, look for rain before the night.