Happy Fourth of July weekend! Usually this is a high point of the summer, with parades, pool parties, sunburn, cold beer and burgers, ice cream with blueberries and strawberries, and to top it all off, fireworks after the sun goes down. July feels like the true heart of the summer season. Thirty-one lazy hazy crazy days of relaxation and fun, knowing we still have August for trips and projects, and eventually getting ready for things to start back up in the fall.
But this year, oh, this summer is so different. On this 4th of July weekend, though the days may be lazy, they follow weeks of anxiety and confusion; though you and I may indeed be trying to relax, the is a lot of scary stuff going on out there; though gatherings with friends and family may still be happening, they are proscribed by social distancing and masks; far cry from the boisterous, backyard barbeques of the good old days. It’s pretty disorienting, isn’t it? (read more)
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