Gong with the Winds

It is always difficult to perform great music whenever the weather is too hot or too cold.  In hot weather, a wind serenade and some homemade lemonade are pleasantly refreshing for members of any audience.  Even Saint Teresa agrees with me in that regard.  She also agrees with me that...

...there is very little difference between the puerile and the virile, both of which are exceedingly distasteful in any weather.

A little Irish or Chinese Chi Kung (Qigong) is also refreshing, especially when Mr Mozart and Monsieur Chopin are providing some assistance.  Whether you are Chinese or Irish or Spanish or Australian, you may be aware that Adelaide is not currently experiencing springtime, and nor is Beijing.  You may also be aware that in various parts of China, the words gong, kung, keong, kiong and gung may mean the same thing.

It is obviously very sensible to wish prosperity on anyone who may prefer not to live an uncomfortably ascetic existence.  Saint Teresa, of course, does not mind wearing leather sandals, plastic flip-flops or rubber thongs, even in the snow, but she considers herself to be an exception to the rules regarding frostbite and sunburn.  Are you aware of my previous references to Saint Teresa?

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My favourite gong is usually the dinner variety.  I have been invited to attend a Chinese banquet today, followed by a Chinese opera.  I have also been invited to participate in a dragon dance, though I believe it, like a bicycle race and various Beijing operatic arts, to be a rather strenuous activity during a heatwave.  Several of my Chinese friends and colleagues agree, as do many dragons and other ethereal beings of my acquaintance.