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Having lived here in the Kern River Valley for years without either A/C or swamp cooler and I once more look forward to the temp hitting a comfortable 100 degrees I’m reminded that one of Henry Thoreau’s visitors described himself as being “deficient in intellect,” but supposed the Lord had made him so and must love him as much as any other. Now gentle reader while some might think my being born in Weedpatch and being comfortable at 100 degrees automatically consigns me to those “deficient in intellect,” like Henry’s visitor I suppose the Lord made me so and loves me as much as any other. I was raised in the heat of Bakersfield summers back in a time when A/C was a rarity in homes and virtually non-existent in cars and I have been a naturally born desert rat all my life; and had it not been for a family would have chosen to move to Death Valley which is one of my favorite places on earth. As I watch the lizards sunning themselves on the...
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