June has been a whirlwind of a month. Son Number One came home with all his piles and boxes (which landed in the living room and everywhere else) and is preparing to actually MOVE to Washington, D.C. Son Number Two left for his summer job in Cleveland and his new apartment before Senior year of college. There was a delicious overlap of people here for a brief week, when every bed was filled and we had some family outings. We went to see a friend playing the Duke of Somerset in "Henry VI: Part II", we went kayaking on the Charles River, we went to several college graduation parties and a few high school graduation parties. Then once Son Number Two left there were more parties, and anniversaries, and friends passing through town. I had odds and ends on my own, my niece's bridal shower, theater things, and an enchanting lady (with whom I went to college, but whom I really didn't get to know until the Xth reunion last year) who was visiting from her home in Australia. There was Father's Day/First Day of Summer when we were supposed to get up at 4:00AM to greet the Solstice Dawn at Nut Island, but thankfully, it rained and we slept in (except for 84 year-old Papa, who went by himself, assuming we were not the big wusses that we really are).
I'm having a little trouble realizing that July first is this Wednesday. Here in Massachusetts we are still mentally digging out from that ridiculous winter. I know, I know, but you had to BE here!!! The speed of the passage of time is giving me whiplash. How can I be legally sharing a summer beer with my kid? How can it be less than six months before Christmas? There have been other landmark events this month, of course. There were murders in a church and the lowering of the confederate flag in South Carolina as the nation "face-palmed" itself and finally said a collective "How did we let this go on so long?" There was a Supreme Court decision that all citizens of the United States are ...well, citizens of the United States, and that love is not a terrorist threat from which we need to be protected. So all in all, it's been a busy, busy month, which is why I have been remiss in keeping you posted. And it's been a mostly wonderful month filled with lots to do. But I, for one, would like to invite you all to join me in digging your heels into the ground at the same time for just a minute. Maybe we can slow the Blue Marble down a little so we can catch our breath.
I'm having a little trouble realizing that July first is this Wednesday. Here in Massachusetts we are still mentally digging out from that ridiculous winter. I know, I know, but you had to BE here!!! The speed of the passage of time is giving me whiplash. How can I be legally sharing a summer beer with my kid? How can it be less than six months before Christmas? There have been other landmark events this month, of course. There were murders in a church and the lowering of the confederate flag in South Carolina as the nation "face-palmed" itself and finally said a collective "How did we let this go on so long?" There was a Supreme Court decision that all citizens of the United States are ...well, citizens of the United States, and that love is not a terrorist threat from which we need to be protected. So all in all, it's been a busy, busy month, which is why I have been remiss in keeping you posted. And it's been a mostly wonderful month filled with lots to do. But I, for one, would like to invite you all to join me in digging your heels into the ground at the same time for just a minute. Maybe we can slow the Blue Marble down a little so we can catch our breath.
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