this is my favorite tree that got cut down today
 

April 24, 2000 Sunny Skies Digest
 

My friend, letís call her Allison, was in a good mood on Friday. She described three good reasons why this might be. They were typical good reason, like good weather and the day off. You know what puts you in a good mood. Any of Allisonís reasons were enough for me. She described having woke up to a gorgeous day. I focused on that when thinking about it, because the weather was terrible here. I knew that a good day would put me in a good mood just then.

Allison lives out west. I typically see some version of the weather she is having about three days later. So it shouldnít have surprised me when I woke up today, to a gorgeous sunny morning. It had more power as it came on the heals, of over a week of clouds and rain. I hadnít realized I had missed the sun for so many days until I started thinking about why my mood was so good later.

When I woke up it was like deja vu. I mean I was reliving Allisonís description of what it was like to wake up to a perfect morning. Like Allison, I had a host of reasons to be in a good mood. The sun was just one of them. Then I thought the seed had been planted by Allison in her emails on Friday, and had taken three days to germinate into good humor. You know infectious good mood, and all. Then I had a completely new idea and that is what I want to tell you about today.

What if moods have patterns like weather? What if you had a friend in Seattle that could tell you how they felt and you would have a preview of how you might feel in five days? What weather-esque terms would we use to describe the mood of the day?

We have the perception that moods are tied to the weather already. When the clouds are out in force, I will often describe it as a gray day and mean more than the sky. And I can not deny that moods are probably tied to weather a great deal, but not completely.

Moods have their own currents. There are highs and lows. There are turbulent storm fronts. There are squalls of disappointment. There are cumulus aspirations, and stratus subconscious motivations. There are bright days and gloomy days and humid days. And I have too many painful memories of tornadoes that have swept through. Who knows what all is in them?

I suspect, too, that there is a mood stream, like the jet stream, that carries weather patterns across the country and around the world. And of course there are local mood patterns that would have to be learned. I have lived in a lot of micro-mood-climates in my life. Things will vary a lot from house to house and even bedroom to bedroom, but there is an underlying pattern, and there could be a general mood forecast. Now that we completely understand the weather, someone should get busy studying all of this.

The forecast for this week? Generally clear sunny and warm, with slight winds from the anxiety by rushed direction. The nights will be clear but a little chilly.

How is the weather there?

MiXiM