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FEATURE

If you have children or grandchildren, you
might be able to rejoin them outdoors. The lit-
tle darling demons seem almost immune to sea-
sonal variation, and like “mad dogs and
Englishmen” or “blue lipped children at the
beach” have been outside for months in pools,
on ball fields, and getting ready for school.
Make sure you dust off your folding chairs, seat
cushions, and manners as ball games, umpires’
decisions, coaches’ behavior, and the lurking
solar exposure may overcome you as you devi-
ate from polite, persistent, and patient behav-
iors to absolute moments of craziness very
hard to explain in retrospect. You will want
binoculars, bug spray, sun protection, a camera
to capture fast moving objects or children, and
comfortable field seating on these sojourns.
School will have restarted between Mid and
late Summer. This is important to consider if you plan to walk For the go getters who are intent on making their fortune, business
alone or with dog, bicycle as a verb, or in any other way foolishly is nonstop as heaters may need attention, and old air conditioning
enter a roadway. Newly minted 16-year-old drivers may be units may need to be replaced. This is the time of year when
hunching over steering wheels of over powered pickup relatives and friends from other regions descend,
trucks or SUvs and trying to impress their roadside trailer parks flourish, beach com-
friends with their raceway skills while ignor- munities come alive, and the chamber
ing pedestrians. For this reason, never go of commerce exudes confidence
outside without a light for darkened about the wineries, breweries,
times, a reflective vest, a bag of dog music festivals, fiestas, and San
poop to throw if necessary, and the Antonio river activities. Hur-
righteous indignation of the eld- ricanes take a break and rest
erly or infirm even for those up for the next names
much younger. brevity keeps me storms to come. Flu shots
from further expounding on the are essential as no one
innumerable bounty of this sea- wants to miss a day of this
son after the scorching preceding cooling off due to unneces-
season. sary illness. The pet walker
The fresh apple is a resurgent as revels in this season as walks
is the pumpkin. both presage pies to lengthen, the air is usually felt
come. dreams of cinnamon, nutmeg, deep and appreciatively in the
and allspice create a nocturnal scent envi- lungs, and solar avoidance is less a
ronment. What are your favorite memories of concern. Most years follow a very pleas-
this season? ant and rewarding script, although occasion-
ally we feel more Scottish, don woolen or other
Fallwinterspring warm clothing, and may even wear long pants. Fireplaces, gas logs,
Once again expect a gear like transition often characterized by a and stoves light up, and friends gather round to watch the snow fall
house air conditioned one day and heated the next. Heating, venti- when northern games are viewed on audio video devices of choice.
lation, and air-conditioning companies remain the primo businesses Weather reports from northern cities produce crowd noises of ap-
in this area with a welcome break and vacation saved for this period. probation and feelings of schadenfreude. After Mid-Summer no
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