July 30 – August 3: Climate, sex, and death edition
Everyone is getting nervous about the climate these days, or the weather, or the fires, or the droughts, or all the opaque but undeniable links that bind them. Emma is not so much nervous as she is furious. We’ve known about climate change – and the small and big ways it would mess with our lives – for so long. Now the chickens are coming home to roost. Why did we do nothing?
If all this talk of the climate apocalypse is stressing you out, distract yourself. Consider, for example, the sheer awesomeness of dinosaurs – as Michelle does with her young daughter who has just discovered the joy of them. On the other hand, if thoughts of extinction are a bit too “on the nose” this week, why not go for a walk, suggests Helen. It will cure what ails you. If that fails, you can’t go wrong with Cassie’s story about worm sex. Fornicating worms – is there anything more distracting, especially when they climb onto your sidewalk by the hundreds, writhing and groping with their pointy little heads?
If all else fails, pray for rain. “With each passing week, the sun grows more intense, until its rays feel like a curse. Grasses and flowers shrivel. The ground crackles like a piece of kiln-fired pottery. Every living thing is thirsty,” writes LWON guest Krista Langlois. Then, the skies open and the North American monsoon season comes like a climax.