In a lot of ways, these are the carpe-est of the diems, the waning days of a beloved season and the delicious promise of the next. So, we reach hard for every moment we can – Yes! To the apple picking. Yes! To the campfires. Yes! To the flannel and the swimsuits and the fleece. [...]
With a lingering to-do list and just days to spare, we sprinted to the finish line of our Wisconsin summer. First, we needed to get to a beach. “A real beach,” our five-year old sternly said. “One with waves and sand.” We found just the place right where it has always been, calmly waiting for [...]
We understand logistics, and lifeguards who need to leave for college, and musicians who are also teachers that have to prepare their classrooms for the start of the school year, and yoga instructors with businesses to run, but, man oh man, do we hate to say good-bye to summer. Especially with a whole month to [...]
Dear basil from my neighbor’s garden, You have changed my life. Before I met you, I thought fresh basil was for pasta and pesto and other forms of deliciousness that leave bellies warm and breath just a pinch garlicky. But, you! Thrust into my hands by a green-thumbed magician and smelling like summer on the [...]
My iPhone sent me a message yesterday. When it’s feeling particularly melodramatic, my phone refers to itself in the first person. “Temperature,” it gasped. “iPhone needs to cool down before you use it.” I reacted with the same disdain I reserve for all heatwave complainers who whined all winter about the cold. “Oh please,” I [...]