Missing the seasons

Wired has an arti­cle about solastal­gia, a con­di­tion that Aus­tralian philoso­pher Glenn Albrecht describes as a loss or yearn­ing for accus­tomed envi­ron­men­tal cues. This web site has more infor­ma­tion and arti­cles about the phenomenon.

Jan­u­ary in Hon­olulu means that the winds and surf get rougher while the air gets cooler. It’s not cold weather – no one is freez­ing to death here.

Yet the local weath­er­cast­ers tell view­ers to break out the blan­kets and jack­ets. Dur­ing my sun­rise run, I see other peo­ple wear­ing mis­matched sweat­suits, hats, and gloves. They’re shiv­er­ing and mis­er­able, while I’m wear­ing my usual tank top and shorts.

Tagged as: Australia, environment, Hawaii, Honolulu, USA, weather