January in Australia...

...is when it's too hot to go for a walk.

When it's too hot to clean the house.

When it's too hot to cook, or take out the garbage, or do any of those mundane chore things.

When it's too hot to lift your remote-control arm and change the channel.

When it's too hot to think, for your brains are either fried from the sun or drowning in head sweat.

When it's too hot to feel.

When, therefore, it's too hot to grieve.