Calendar's Deceptions

When calendars say Summer has departed, don’t store away your shorts and flip-flops just yet. Summer isn’t ready to defer to Fall’s reign. Heat and humidity will linger a while, you can bet. By summer’s end, many schools in the South have been in session for several weeks. Kids in un-airconditioned schools trudge home eager to drink Kool-aid and wade in creeks. Pool parties and cookouts occur infrequently after Summer’s last hurrah, Labor Day, but take heart. There’s so much to look forward to. A riot of colors will soon be on display. Death in Nature engenders amazing beauty and leads to new life in the spring When summer ends, I commit it to memory and think of what fall and winter will bring.