All heat waves are emotionally devastating as well as physically uncomfortable, especially in Northern California, where there is no central air conditioning ("No central air conditioning? Surely some public establish –" NO CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING). I can handle the winter, or what we have in the way of it here. I can turn on the heat, or drag my cat onto my lap, or double up on socks. But a heat wave! Friends and lovers, heat waves are spiritually…