I have been walking on clouds. While this usually refers to the dreamy universe that young lovers live in I am speaking literally today. I stepped out of the Jammie this morning and onto a cloud. As I walked among the white cotton searching for my classmates, I looked down what is the main walk through campus but instead of seeing the familiar Jameson steps and ivy covered walls in their place was white mist. Table Mountain often has a table cloth flowing over it and on special occasions the ends of this cloth dust the tops of the Varsity buildings but today the cloth had slid over campus. I have heard from the other students and Capetonians to expect this experience often. That from this moment on, Table Mountain will just be a myth instead of a statement in our vision. This is winter in Cape Town. The familiar vision of Table Mountain no longer punctuates our backdrop but instead has been replaced by gray skies and that cloud.
I feel like I am posting a weather report but since all of Arizona will soon be in Cape Town I feel I am doing my civic duty by informing you. So for all you Cape Town visitors bring your cloud boots and jackets for you are in for stormy weather.
This is a “euphuistic” story type weather report which is hard for me to understand somehow…