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the night was sultry
Posted on | September 11, 2008 | 18 Comments
Remember that line from Throw Mama From the Train? Owen was trying to write his novel and couldn’t come up with the first line – the night was hot, the night was steamy, on and on, until Mama barrels out and says “the night was SULTRY! It was SULTRY!” Anne Ramsey was awesome, rest her soul.
That line pops into my head every time I walk outside, no matter if it’s day or night. It is so freakin hot and sticky and steamy and humid and sultry. And it’s almost the middle of September! I’m ready for summer to end, if you can’t tell. This sultry weather has killed my spinning mojo and my recent focus on sweaters is my attempt at mind over matter – if I knit sweaters, it’ll soon be sweater weather.
Please tell me that works.
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September 11th, 2008 @ 9:48 am
Often summer keeps a grip on September. This year we changed right on cue, Labor Day. It’s chilly and fall like today (and it also feels too early to be this way) and I sit in one of my newly knit sweaters and send you thoughts of cooler air and crisp fall days.
September 11th, 2008 @ 9:48 am
If it worked, it would snow in Tucson every. single. year. But it’s better to KNIT them now and WEAR them when it’s sweater weather than to not have anything available when the cooler weather comes, right?
September 11th, 2008 @ 9:49 am
Yeah, I was a little shocked when I walked outside this morning. I have fights with the car A/C on the way to work. As me, I am sticking with cotton sweaters right now.
September 11th, 2008 @ 10:07 am
if you knit sweaters, the unsultry weather will come, i promise!
September 11th, 2008 @ 10:08 am
Worst month of summer in Tucson?
October.
But it was blessedly lovely this morning, even though it will still be too hot for jeans by this afternoon.
September 11th, 2008 @ 10:36 am
I’d just as soon the hot weather sticks around longer but that’s me. Your photo is wonderful.
September 11th, 2008 @ 11:07 am
yeah, but one good thing about this time of year are those japanese anemones. Don’t you love how prolific they are?
September 11th, 2008 @ 12:11 pm
it’s in the high 60′s today, sunny and dry. perfect really. so take heart. it’s coming
September 11th, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
Amen to cooler weather. Sultry. What a great word. I’m going to use it as often as possible- let’s see how many weird looks I get!
September 11th, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
I hope for all of us knitting/spinning fiber geeks it will work! Keep on…
BTW, the pic is gorgeous!
September 11th, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
Sure. Sure, that works! Especially if you knit reeel fast.
September 11th, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
I think you are supposed to knit sweaters in hot weather, and lock in all that warmth into your stitches!
September 11th, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
In that case, let me get hopping on my Central Park Hoodie again! I’m so ready for this humid, sticky weather to be gone!
September 12th, 2008 @ 7:29 am
I’m sorry. I can’t help you with this one. I want the heat and the sun to hang around as long as possible. They’re saying we’re supposed to have a cold winter which means high heat bills… I’d better start knitting sweaters.
September 12th, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
Stepping outside is akin to being wrapped in a warm, wet, wool blanket. Or as my sister says, if it gets any more humid, we are going to grow gills. Hope Sgt. Britty’s sinuses are faring better than mine. I’m dreading flying this weekend.
September 13th, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
It’s sticky even up here in MN. Hate this kind of weather.
September 18th, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
That’s so funny about your Throw Momma From the Train inner dialogue. Because every so often I tell my husband that, “We don’t have a cousin Patty.”
September 20th, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Sultry southern weather = William Faulkner, in my mind. And someday I will have to read some of his books ;-)