Summer has sauntered in. I caught myself saying it's "the dog days of summer" today. What?? It's only June 2. What am I talking about? It's just so damn hot already. I think I've been out of school for maybe 3 weeks now. It's glorious in a sublime kind of way. It's like I can hardly believe I ever have a job. How on earth do I get to work on time? It surprises me every year how quickly I drop in to this open space. Curiously, my days seem to go so quickly yet at the same time I find summer to be a bit lonely.

Anyway, either way, Open spaces bring morning hikes in and around Austin, sewing, sewing, sewing, reading for pleasure!!, filling the house with roses, researching juicers, getting my ass kicked into shape for an upcoming race, swimming at a top-secret downtown hotel pool, eating and drinking with good friends, digging deep into an old National album, and loving on my good ole dog who has somehow managed to become really old as of late.