On this first day
of summer, I’m happily doing summery things.
. Brewing
peppermint tea.
. Rereading Marcovaldo.
. Getting ready to
write the last scenes of my Mallorcan mystery story.
. Making sandwiches
with avocado, spinach, and goat cheese.
. Thinking about
Stonehenge, about King Arthur, about maybe rereading The Once and Future
King, and The Astrology
of the Ancients.
. Buying carnations
for the Italian pitcher, remembering the long-ago summer of staying in a
borrowed flat with polished wooden floors on Russian Hill in San Francisco and
replenishing a vase of pale yellow carnations every week. How cool it was up there after the heat
of Palo Alto.
. Choosing a galia
melon.
. Writing a
postcard of a sailboat with full-bellied sails.
image: Summer Solstice, Stonehenge, stonehengetours.com
What a beautiful program you have.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of Stonehenge. I miss Stonehenge...
There's something so very archaic about man's interest in the summer solstice.
So you also like King Arthur, how about Merlin?
Maybe you read "The Sword in the Stone", from which the made the classic Disney cartoon...
Thanks for sharing!
I love Merlin, and just added him to a poem. I believe "The Sword in the Stone" is one of the sections of "The Once and Future King"—all terrific. I should watch the Disney cartoon again, too.
ReplyDeleteHappy summer to you, solstice and beyond!