My open letter to Mother Nature.

Dearest Mother Nature,

I'm writing because I fear you might be a bit hot under the collar. Our current weather is what brought this potential problem to my attention. We have finally picked up on some of the clues you've been dropping. For example, we've noticed that it's sort of hot here in Chicago. Like really hot. Today it feels like 104 degrees. 104 dear Mother. 104! We haven't had just one day like this, we've had a couple. The most days above 90 degrees since 2005.

I'm not sure what's got your blood boiling but I'd like to know how we can fix it for you and when you might be ready to cool down. Or at least soak up some of this humidity. We are practically swimming through the heavy air out there and while my arms could use the work out, I'd love to see a decrease in our muggy atmosphere.

I have a few suggestions that might help you in your time of need.

Maybe try Yoga? Deep breathing exercises might help you and us out. Deep breath in, deep breath out. Feel free to blow all over Chicago while you do your exercises. We don't mind the wind, we're used to it.

Maybe you are dehydrated and therefore a little cranky? Please fill up your cup of water and then let that cup overflow and rain down on us. We could use a little cold water to help keep the sizzle at bay.

Perhaps take a small vacation? To a nice cool place? It doesn't have to be really cold there, just below 80 would do you a world of good.

And most importantly, if you have a problem with something or someone, please address it rather than stewing and simmering in anger. This is not good for you or for us. We can feel your anger radiating everywhere. We're sorry if we did something to upset you. We are trying our best, and finally lots of people are on board with being Green. That's gotta count for something, right? A for effort? Ok, fine. B- for effort? We are trying to get the whole world on board but it takes a while.

Please think about what I said. We love you Mother Nature. Really we do. We love all you give us. The cool crisp Autumn days (we miss Autumn, please bring her back whenever you feel like it!), the beautiful rainbows, waterfalls, spring flowers, lush forests, the perfect warm, but not too crazy hot, days of summer. The list could go on and on!

We hope you take our apology and my suggestions seriously. Thanks for all you do!

Love,
The People of Earth.

PS - Sometime soon we do need to talk about what's happening in Milwaukee with all the flooding. And of course, we need to have a sit down about earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and some of your other areas that could, ahem, use some tweaking.