After a full day of medical tests in the Midlands yesterday, I'm glad the results were good. Best of all, my doctor is enjoying Dancing on Mars. Since he has very little time to read for pleasure, I'm honored that he chose this book. He says he especially likes the humor; you know I loved hearing that!
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Words from Rudyard Kipling:
Oh do not tell the priest our plight,
Or he would call it sin;
But we have been out in the woods all night,
A-conjuring Summer in . . . .
Hope you're enjoying this first day of Summer. Cloudless skies over the lake this morning, Great Egret fishing by the dam. A lazy gator is gliding by, apparently in no hurry. In a summer mode.
I'm thinking of my grandmother, Mammy, and how she was ever-patient with my requests for her to play "In the Good Old Summertime" on the piano. (You met Mammy in the book.) No doubt my feeling that Summer means freedom relates to school days. But even today, despite the heat, humidity and mosquitoes, I still love "the good ole summertime." Let me get back to you when the temperatures reach triple digits.
Meanwhile, it's time for a tall glass of iced tea - with mint!
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