Ode to the Sauna

Getting Hot and (not) Steamy in Finland

I am one hot writer. One hundred and seventy-six degrees Fahrenheit, to be precise. That is the temperature where I am writing these words. No, I am not in Hades. I am in a sauna.

I realize this is unwise, both thermodynamically and, from the Finnish perspective, philosophically. Saunas are for relaxing, not writing—or work of any kind. Writing in a sau…