Ode to Summer ~ The Worst Poem on Earth
Summer is different for different people, to be sure. The kids - like mine - who just got released from the brick and mortar (or virtual) prisons facilities that are their schools to enjoy 90 days (give or take) of relaxation filled with way too much sugar and far too little structure are undoubtedly going to have a different outlook on June-August than the businessman who will still be going to work in an aggressively air-conditioned cubical every day for the season. The construction workers who are laboring in the elements all day will probably feel differently than the life guards at the local pools as the heat ramps up. Teachers and crop farmers probably also have different takes on life about this time of the year. But I bet most of us can find at least a few things about summer that we all look forward to. Even those of us who often prefer cooler - or at least less humid - weather, like myself. In spite of its brutal heat and stickiness, I stil...