Comments on: Thursday Morning Blather

By: Anya Bast

Anya Bast — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:14:18 +0000

Hi Susan — We use the tried and true method. We open up the house after the sun goes goes down and use fans to draw in the cool air from outside. Then at around noon, or whenever it starts to get hot, we close up the house and draw the shades. It stays pretty cool! But we have a lot of trees shading our house. That’s also a factor.

By: Susan Helene Gottfried

Susan Helene Gottfried — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:26:00 +0000

We have to turn the air on around here when it hits 80 or there’s no sleeping for me.

If you want to teach me some of your tips, I’m all ears. I love the house all open and a soft breeze running through it… reminding me to deal with all those things that had been lying around before the breeze stirred them up…

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:24:36 +0000

I wish we had central air. We were in the middle of a heat wave on the east coast and some neighborhoods were affected by power outages. Luckily we weren’t affected.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:41:28 +0000

I would die without air in AZ… blah! Way too hot…
I love the Renaissance Festival, but I missed ours this year… look forward to it next year… HUZZAH!!!

By: Anya Bast

Anya Bast — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:42:01 +0000

You do get used to the heat after a while.

Honestly, last year when it was around 100 or so here and our central air had konked out, we survived with little hardship.

Round about August, though, when it hits hundred on the heat index again, I’ll be happy to have it.

By: Annmarie

Annmarie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:47:19 +0000

We don’t have air in our house. It was 105 last week.

I love this old house and I can take the heat as long as I don’t go anywhere near air conditioned places. My body begins to crave the blessed coolness.