Savoring the last of summer

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” ~John Lubbock

My birthday is always a bittersweet day for me. By the time August rolls around, it feels as if summer is nearly over — and I’m reminded of how quickly our seasons change. Garden blooms are starting to fade. Back-to-school promotions and Halloween displays are haunting the stores again. And I’m already booked for fall writing workshops. (Watch for announcements here soon.)

But not so fast, please. Let’s make summer linger as long as we can. For a few simple ideas on how to do exactly that, here’s a link to a late-summer feature that ran last year in the Sunday paper. Please click here to read it. ~CL