No adventures to report.  It’s too hot.  Today’s high in Phoenix, AZ was 47c (116.6F).  Apparently, Death Valley, CA had the same high temperature today.  Isn’t that funny?  So, I can actually say that today, living in Phoenix equalled Death!  Haha.  Due to the hot weather, Phoenix’s nickname is “Valley of the Sun,” but I’ve re-christened the city as “The Center of the Sun.”  🙂

We went for a bike ride this morning — left home just after 6am — and by the time we finished (~8:30am), the temperature was already 35c (95F).  Yikes.  My riding has decreased dramatically since moving to Phoenix; I don’t believe my body has fully adapted to the ridiculously hot weather.  As they say, you can take the girl out of Canada, but you can’t take Canada out of the girl….or something like that.

I am currently preparing music for an opera program at which I will serve as faculty and one particular aria (song) came to mind.  However, while the heroine in the aria sings of winter coming too soon, winter can not come soon enough for me!

Sigh.  It is one thing to read the weather forecast in the comfort and safety of one’s home and quite another to experience it in the (burning and searing) flesh.