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1、Waiting For the Breeze No air conditioning? How can you sleep?a friend asks, horrified. Ive just revealed that my family has decided to turn the air conditioner off and trim our electric bill.銆銆Nobody opens a window, day or night, warns another friend, whose windows have been painted shut for a deca
2、de. Its just not safe.?On this first night of our cost cutting adventure, its 30 degrees. Were not going to suffer, but the three kids grumble anyway. Theyve grown up in 22-degree comfort, insulated from the world outside.銆銆How do you open these windows?my husband asks. Jiggling the metal tabs, he f
3、inally releases one. A potpourri* of bug bodies decorates the sill. As we spring the windows one by one, the night noises howl outside - and in.銆銆Its just too hot to sleep, my 13-year-old daughter complains.銆銆Im about to die from this heat, her brother yells down the passage.銆銆Just try it tonight, I
4、 tell them.銆銆In truth Im too tired to argue for long. Im exhausted after attending Grandmas estate auction. I toted home her oval tin bathtub and the chair I once stood on like a big shot behind the counter of her shop, packing chocolate and rolling coins.銆銆My face is sweaty, but I lie quietly liste
5、ning to the cricket choirs outside that remind me of childhood. The neighbours dog howls. Probably a trespassing squirrel. Its been years since Ive taken the time to really listen to the night.銆銆I think about Grandma, who lived to 92 and still supervised Mums gardening until just a few weeks before
6、she died.銆銆And then, Im back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood.I move my pillow to the foot of Grandmas bed and angle my face towards the open window. I flip the pillow, hunting for the cooler side.銆銆Grandma sees me thrashing. If youll just watch for the breeze, she says, youll cool off and fall asleep.?She cranks up the Venetian blinds. I stare at the filmy white cu12下一页
