Welcome to the longest day of the year, the beginning of summer. The word solstice comes from the Latin words sol meaning sun, and sistit meaning stand still. So solstice is the day when the sun gets stuck in the sky. If you’re near the Arctic Circle you won’t see the sun set at all tonight. Today’s a great day to make a list of the things you hope to do this summer. Maybe you’d like to visit a zoo or theme park. Maybe you want to see a baseball game or parade. Maybe this is the summer you’ll finally read War and Peace. I’d actually recommend that last one. I read it in winter, which was a mistake. I should have saved it for when the A/C is out. Post your list somewhere in plain sight and refer to it often. Summer will be gone before you know it.
I love the idea of making a list of things you want to do and then posting someplace where you will see it often. For many summers we drove across the country to stay at Mom's house. We were going to be here several months so we knew we would have time to do everything. After a couple of summers when we missed several of the things we were sure we would have time to do, I started making a list. Now I try to do for other things. My motto now is, if it isn't written, it probably won't get done.
ReplyDeleteSeveral things we'd hoped to do during this year's visit didn't happen. We never saw the aquarium, the zoo or the farmer's market. We didn't make it to Kneader's, Joe's Crab Shack or Jason's Deli. We never got to the Gateway to see the children's museum, the planetarium or Thaiphoon. But everything on our A list got checked off, and we all agree a week at Bear Lake with the whole family was the best idea ever.
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