jeweled balm for the battered spirit

It was cooler today, the sky sweet blue and clear. I've forgiven the South its muggy tendencies, for now. 

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Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, 

and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit.  

A few of those days and you can become drunk 

with the belief that all's right with the world.  

~Ada Louise Huxtable

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