tomatoes from the Union Square Farmers Market
Union Square Manhattan, NY from my 2011 archive
September 5, 2011
Summer Over
Everyone keeps referring to this long weekend as the "Last Day of Summer." My understanding is that summer ends on September 22. Am I wrong?
I suppose emotionally, September feels exclusively like a fall month. For children and educators, summer is over, it is back to school for them. Never before have I wished summer would end. This year, I found myself wishing it all summer long. It has been unbearably hot and humid, and August has only brought tons of rain with the frequent thunderstorms (and
Hurricane Irene). The mosquitoes have been breeding like crazy and they are relentless. People around the city are understandably
grumpy. I think everyone is ready for cooler weather.
When it is 32 degrees this winter, I know I will be complaining that I wish it were summer...
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