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Fairfax, Ohio     August 25, 2014     12:44 pm–2:09 pm     hot and humid     85 °F (heat index around 92–95 °F)     short-sleeve shirt, hiking pants, wide-brimmed sun hat, bare feet in grass     body tired and hurting     arms felt like they were burning in the shade     Alexander playing briefly; then sitting by me, coughing then sniffling (once asked for a kleenex)     faint twitter of birds, buzzing of cicadas     low sound of industry; occasional clangs     weed whackers came and left     distant lawnmower     blew nose many times     insects crawling over me