Too Cold in the Summer
    Below is a link to an article my husband Andy Schmookler published several years ago in The Baltimore Sun and The Albuquerque Tribune. If you have had the experience of freezing indoors on a hot summer day, you may have had similar thoughts.–April MooreÂ
 http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-09-17/news/0209170047_1_enlightened-summer-winter
August 13th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Great post. Having grown up in Phoenix, I recall the outdoor blast furnace and the refrigerated interior spaces as normal. But now I doubt that I could stand it.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Thank Andy for writing that article for me! I am so annoyed by “cold” places in the summer in Arizona—the supermarket, movie theatre, etc. It is totally rediculous and a total waste of energy! I, too, freeze often in these places.
August 19th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
It’s enough to make me wish for a benevolent dictatorship…democracy calls for Americans “getting what we want,” but it’s often ridiculous…colder than it should be in the summer; warmer than it should be in the winter; more food in a restaurant (at a higher cost) than is good for us (and we are sometimes charged MORE for asking to share an entree). Abundance has not, I’m afraid, been good for us as a society.