That‘s the view from my dorm room in Claremont, although in real life the St. Gabriel mountains are much closer and clearer. We endured a heat spell my first week here, but lately the weather has been Southern California at its best.
I think people highly underrate climate’s effect on one’s day to day outlook. Weather matters. In a communal, emotionally-infectious atmosphere like college, it matters even more.
Lucky. . .
Ben, I agree with the impact weather has on one’s mood, although I often only notice it in the context of a vaguely disappointed feeling I get when I spend the entire day at my windowless work, then emerge at 5 to see a glorious SF day slipping into the fog…
“I think people highly underrate climate’s effect on one’s day to day outlook. Weather matters.”
Climate or weather?
Each changes on a different kind of time scale.
Daily weather may affect people’s outlook but the climate by and large probably does not.
People choose to live in a climate; the weather is thrust upon them.
Er, confused…
I think weather is important, but don’t know if “good” weather is always best for quality of life.
I’m now living back in Colorado where we have 330 days of sunshine a year. Honestly, sometimes I get tired of the sun and long for overcast gray days like I had in Germany. Those are the days when you feel permission to slow down and spend an afternoon in a cafe reading a book. Or time to be cozily tucked in your home with friends.
Still, too much bad weather can be depressing. I’ll never forget my first winter in Germany where I saw the sun a total of 2 minutes for the entire month of January. (I happily recorded this fact in my journal at the time!)
Stan: Excellent point. In San Francisco we often have foggy weather — and there are positives to this “bad” weather!
San Gabriel Mountains.
Nice picture. Are you in Auen?