June has come and gone–really?–and now it’s the official start of summer. This I know because I saw Wilco perform last week, a summer ritual for me.
The show was exhilarating, without a doubt the tightest Wilco show I’ve seen yet, the most energetic and the most exuberant. I came home to tell The Husband that [...]
In late summer, back in college, I’d find myself riding my bike at night from one friend’s house to another, sometimes a little drunk, celebrating the last days of a summer job, the week or two between the job ending and school beginning again. The night air felt more fall to me, less summery, and [...]
Buckets of watermelon
Camp forms
Art projects
And the proverbial drawing board
I think we’re finding the groove.
Yesterday the Daughter proclaimed, “You never write in your blog anymore!” You know it’s serious when you’re getting nagged by an eleven year old…..
The kids finished school on Wednesday, summer school (for them) begins on the 30th, and the heat has already reached 105 where we live. I grabbed a trunk full of Evan’s [...]
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