
as a child born to the low country of South Carolina, it was a well known fact that the swelter of summer caused women to glow, men to sweat, and a scant few we’re said to shine efforts to ward off glowing, sweating, or shining we’re met in earnest seasoning was discouraged retreat into the cold conditioned air was remedy enough the cure conjured ~ brain freeze now, as an elder of the northern highlands, in the dry heat of late summer, i prefer to season and conjure up my shine
