My six-week summer break is over and I’m back in the classroom for another school year. Not having a set schedule is a great pleasure to enjoy.
Spending my days at East End Pool head up the list of my fun summer. I sometimes swam both in the early morning then joined my ‘Summer Family’ for mid-day time in the water. Our talks on local goings on, vacation trips, sports, movies & TV shows to check out and places to eat were a daily staple. Thanks to my careful use of sun screen I avoided all sunburns and got my best tan yet.
A recent selfie that showed off my summer tan.
My biggest accomplishment was completing the very FINAL edit of my media memoir “Raised on the Radio.” I’ve said this before but this really is it. I borrow a quote from Bruce Springsteen when talking about the tinkering done on his “Nebraska” album; “If this gets any better, it’s gonna be worse.” I’ve also been doing my due diligence in learning the tactics for self-publishing to Amazon. It will be an e-book and paperback and I hope to have it out next spring.
This is not what the cover of my book will look like but it’s a nice start.
Movie wise, I only saw “Trap”, M. Night Shymalan’s latest mystery film and it fell flat for me. I wasn’t up for seeing “Twisters” or the latest “Deadpool” offering. This was a fairly weak summer for movies. HBO brought my more entertainment with the four-part documentary on Pete Rose and the Faye Dunaway feature titled “Faye.”
I did not see any concerts but fell into the music of the Castellows, an all-girl trio who are all about REAL country songs. Forget all this rap infused crap that permeates today’s country radio. I also regained a love for all of Vince Gill’s music, especially his mid-90’s track “High Lonesome Sound.”
Minor home maintenance repairs were done and I got a new bed. My old rest spot was almost 20 years old and the mattress was as worn and thin as a matzo. I’m sleeping much better every night. I made it through the summer heat with a sputtering and aged central AC unit. Before next summer, I WILL be getting a new unit installed.
So, that’s my summer break wrapped up. A good one that makes me look forward to the NEXT summer vacation.
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