Restless Stillness

Posted: June 7, 2007

The other day as I stepped outside on my lunch break, I was met with a sudden warm wind that for a moment felt exactly like the Santa Anas.  The Santa Anas are a phenomenon of southern California and they have a tingly, energized feeling, as if the air is simply tired of standing still and wants to get up and move around – I feel the same way when I’ve been sitting at my desk all day.  No rain coming, no storm.  The air is just restless and tired of nothing happening.  Jack Black has a line about it in The Holiday, and it really is something that feels mystical, as if the air is alive.

As I stood outside the other day, and the wind swept over me, I wondered what the Santa Ana winds were doing so far from Orange County.  I guess the air in California isn’t the only air that gets restless.