Donning a floppy straw hat and large dark sunglasses, I set out to brave the heat of my driveway.
The transition from air-conditioned kitchen to the outdoor inferno gave me momentary pause. But I was too far gone. Nothing could stop me now from a research project that had been on my mind since childhood.
Cold egg in hot hand, I searched for the perfect place to crack it. I selected a spot near the garden hose where the bougainvillea covering the courtyard fence spills onto the cement. At least my egg would have something pretty to look at while it fried. If it fried. Which it did not. There was a glimmer of hope when a small patch of white squiggle invaded the yellow yolk and folded into a raggedy-edged ruffle.
“Look, it’s starting to cook,” I gushed to the bougainvillea as it tilted its purple blossoms away from me, likely afraid it would catch whatever I had that provoked me to be squatting on burning cement on one of the hottest days of the year.
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