This summer has been particularly hot. Even though I have air conditioning at home, and I can escape the heat in public transportation or stores, it still feels unbearably hot. When I think back to my childhood, when our whole family would endure the summer with just one fan, struggling to sleep through the tropical nights, people would spread out mats outside and sleep under the stars. We would..

There are times when I don't really have anything I want to say or write.  There are days when I desperately don't want to do anything at all.  Days when even the simple acts of taking a shower, eating, talking, or even just breathing feel like a chore.  Of course, I still took a shower, ate something, talked, and breathed just fine, but the heat shows no sign of letting up, and my body feels ut..