Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time.

                  shared from I Love Books

     We had a wonderful hectic 2 weeks with lots of visitors.  Our Grandkids were here all 2 weeks....we miss you Syd and Alex!  Dean's family was here for a week and my family was here for a week including Syd and Alex's parents.  Their visits went much too quickly.  It is really quiet now and I should be doing lots of things to catch up, but all I want to do is read.  Why is that?
     My Mom brought us lots of veggies from their fabulous garden so I made tomato sauce with eggplant and zucchini a couple of times, and we had cantaloupe daily.  We still have several winter squash and some potatoes left to enjoy.  Thanks, Mom and Dad.
     All of the sudden there is a hint of autumn in the air.  Nighttime has become cool.  Kids are heading back to school.  Dean has chemo again tomorrow.  Where did the summer go?

"Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time.....No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile:  Something necessarily emerges, even if only the hope of someday  meeting yourself again."---E.M. Cioran

Where Did the Summer Go?

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By William Zinsser

Where did the summer go?

I thought it had just begun.

Somebody tell me I counted wrong

And it’s really still July.

Somebody tell me the sun

Isn’t really so low

In the sky.

Where did they all get lost,

The things that we somehow missed?

Somebody tell me it’s not too late

To cross them off our list.

Somebody tell me . . . but who am I kidding?

I feel that chill in the air.

Somebody tell me,

I’d like to know

Where

Did the summer go?