Tag Archives: summer

Summer Mood #2

Days of storms – wind, rain, hail, garden drenched, softball games cancelled, trees snapped, power outages. Days of humidity and heat broken by those same storms. Days of wildfire smoke fogging the landscape, the smell filling our nostrils, breathing sometimes difficult, windows closed. Still there is beauty. And there are joyful dogs just waiting forContinue reading “Summer Mood #2”

Summer Shift

Attention spans are curious things. We work with children to develop attention spans so that they can concentrate on learning, on making commitments, on completing tasks. But if you’re a writer or an artist or some kind of influencer, you are admonished to post on social media daily lest you drop out of everyone’s newsfeedContinue reading “Summer Shift”

Still Summer

This summer has been swift in its journey, so hopeful in mood over the past several weeks that I don’t want it to be over just yet. Even with school beginning here in a couple of days, it doesn’t feel like the end of summer. The fall equinox is still a few weeks away, so I feel justified in declaring that summer isn’t done yet.

THE THICK OF SUMMER

One of the greatest things about being an older adult is the time to settle into whatever season it is, which is extra lovely in the summer. As I write this, I am in a chair outside my front door, gardens bursting with blooms in front of me, a little humidity in the air, birdsContinue reading “THE THICK OF SUMMER”

August Languor

I love the word, “languor.” It’s indicative of everything I associate with late summer: the mood, the laziness, the inertia that always hits me about now, the desire to just lay around and do nothing. Or to meander around outside, listen, inhale, feel the calm of the overflowing garden, surprise a tiny bunny. August’s lullContinue reading “August Languor”

For the Love of June

Welcome, summer! Yes, I know the summer solstice is still a few weeks away, but Minnesotans are in full summer mode. The gardens are bursting, the school year is wrapping up, we’ve put chairs outside so we can plop down and linger anytime we want. There’s nothing like living in a place that includes winterContinue reading “For the Love of June”