"There’s something about summer, isn’t there?” * * * You sit down on the concrete, national-colored stoop that runs across the front of the open-air market next door. The sun is burning hot, not a cloud in the sky as you take cover in the only spot of shade under the overhang. There was very [...]
Month: September 2018
Something About Summer: A Series (2)
“There’s something about summer, isn’t there?” * * * Your feet dangle off the edge of a small boat, weighed down by a pair of long flippers and a snorkel mask that stifles your breathing. Pushing off with your hands you drop below into the cool, clear waters of the Caribbean Sea. Swimming away from [...]
Something About Summer: A Series (1)
Summer. There’s something about that word, isn’t there? It brings to mind sunshine, fresh-cut grass, baseball, and burgers on the grill during a 4th of July cook-out. It’s reveled by children as a time away from school; a time to run wild and free from the responsibilities school places on them. It’s hot, sunny days [...]