For anyone who does not live in California, the general images that come to mind when thinking of this state are those of Hollywood, celebrities and the sunny weather at the beaches. One thing that does not come to mind is the cold weather. That the entire weather fluctuates wildly throughout the years in California along with many other states should not be a big surprise for many, and this year is no different. The next year will be have even more fluctuations in the weather..

One thing that most of the people cannot seem to understand is why the weather can be so cold in California. Radio hosts keep questioning this cold weather as if coldness is an unspoken evil that has covered the “surrounding lands.” Whether it is pure frustration “on the air”, or an excuse to hold onto a subject to fill out the required number of minutes in the morning talk shows, everyone keeps saying “What is wrong with the weather?”, as if it was bad luck to catch a cold once in a lifetime. Or maybe it is bad for many people to witness the rain with a jacket and a muffler on our bodies. Maybe many people need to know in California that the modern era of human achievements should and does include in many cases the ability to be satisfied with life no matter what the weather is, and to stop complaining.

Here is a random picture of an older lady sitting across my side of the train and reading a newspaper aboard the Amtrak, heading for Berkeley.