The full weight of summer is bearing down upon the mountain as the Kalima wind touches all with its fiery breath.
This is the wind from the heart of the Sahara and the very air is gravid with the dust from this great wilderness.
Wild djinns are flitting like bats around rock and tree and the animals are entranced with the sorcery of these desert spirits.
We are approaching the peak of the long desiccation and all life pulls itself deeper beneath the protective mantle of soil and boulder.
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Photo: Betis from Saladaviciosa. Courtesy of the author.
