Are You Ready For The Summer?????????????????

                                       Having just had Juneteenth, (I really Must-read Ralph Ellison's book, sometime!) we are at the start of Summer, which is today, June21.  I wish you all a joyful and exciting one, but most of all one that is safe.  Which is why I don't see myself riding the rides at Coney or laying on the beach.  With my fair skin????????????  I do anticipate a lot of Summer Reading, which is something I can do, largely without endangerment of any kind.

                                            However, you celebrate the Summer--and David and I plan to spend it with Svengoolie and maybe Sventoonie--make the most of this magical 80 plus days that is given to us each year.  Visit places, stay safe, and be aware.  Wear colorful short things, but use plenty of sun screen.

                                               This time also brings that annual conundrum--this is the first day of Summer, but is today actually the longest day of the year?  If so, was last night the shortest night?  And do things start reducing after today?  Or is it tomorrow, the 22nd.  I prefer this last, because that was how I recall being taught it, and tomorrow is also MERYL's birthday, and well, how fitting she should have been born during a solstice period.

                                                  So, whatever day by choice, welcome, Summer!  Towns are opening, people are breathing restfully, and my wish to everyone is a Summer of peace and non-violence!

                                                  And fashions!  Of course, fashions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!