Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for June 20, 2020

good idea, Beni

Five year old’s version of ‘The morning after’.

NEVER admit to boredom in summer, or mom will find you some chores to do for her. :P

That didn’t last long.

“How’s the AC @ your house? Ours is on the Fritz!”

When I was a kid summers used to last forever, kind of like the Beach Boys “Endless Summer”, now the years just fly by. As I watch my daughter get ready for another year at FSU under very different circumstances I think about this more and more. Kind of like “Time In A Bottle By Jim Croce”.

That was an advantage (?) of growing up in the 60s—no AC, so you may as well stay outside. Also, a 3-month summer break meant you usually broke through the boredom stage and discovered plenty of stuff to do.

It’s like they can fly. They don’t touch the ground until the third panel.

It usually took me ‘til August before I got to the "I’m bored" stage and then there was the looming specter of September and another school year.

Not without Dill! Do you want repercussions?

I’m 68 and I’m still inside in front of the TV, just not sulking.

I would enjoy life much more if they just cut summer out of the year…………………..

Boo Beni! Hot, sticky and bored means one thing. Running through the sprinklers!

A little early to be sulking, don’t you think?

The allure of “Summertime!” vanishes almost as quickly as the heat reaches over 90º F. AC helps, I guess, but it always seems to me like cheating….

No AC here, always a little breeze and a lot of shade in the breezeway. When the year’s two weeks of heat arrive, I whisper, “This is what we dreamed of all winter,” and putter in the sunny yard. Fortunately that makes me sleepy in short order, so I can say “It’s too hot to work” and take a cozy tepid nap.