the other side of summer

now that we are at the ass end of summer it is tempting for me to take stock of the past 3 months of hot weather & lazy days.  hot weather we got [still getting] but lazy days are long past me for i have the ordinary adult responsibilities that we are all tasked with.

have i done all the things that were on my summer to do list?  no; but that is life.  i've lived on this earth, thus far, for 5 decades & many of those things on my list, such as going to the drive-in movies [yeah, you'd think that a man who so loves the drive-in theater & movie experience would practically live at the sac 6 drive-ins] but i've logged so many nights there that i can relive the experience in my head.  also, youtube is chock full of drive-in intermission shorts [i do so fucking love these ads] that i can have a shot of the drive-in experience every time i log on to the interwebs.

plus i've done a few new things too.  e.g. a family kayaking trip on the cosumnes river to watch the local colony of bats take off in the evening.  it was a beautiful experience.

nick is growing up, & fast.  he started high school last week, a freshman, & i'm still wrapping my head around that fact.  yesterday he was a baby; today he is in high school.

anna & i logged as many weekends at the pool that we could manage often in the company of our great friends b, c & their son j.  we did so today & yesterday.  the weather was ripe for it: 100+ F.  where else would you go when the weather is so hot?

what else?  well, we are now swiftly synching toward my favorite time of year: autumn, & halloween.  the light in northern california is already changing from a hot blue to a warm golden/brown.  what van gogh could've done with such light!

& soon on to another year.  2020 looks & sounds like the future date in a sci-fi movie.  where the hell are my protein pills & jet pack & 2 hour work day?!

keep it groovy, brothers & sisters.  these are times that try men & women & non-binary souls.

peace & love