It feels too early for the morning fog that greeted me outside the door. That sort of thing usually comes later in the season – a not-so-happy harbinger of fall portending school and the end of fun. Yet there it was, stubborn and insistent and refusing to lift in the least. I drove to work through it, then watched as it waited outside the office window, sauntering along the Hudson River and obscuring anything beyond the immediate shore. For various reasons, I didn’t mind it. If this is the remainder of summer, it’s only fitting, and my heart’s simply not in it. When that happens, blog posts tend to sag, even when I’m not simply re-posting things from a decade ago when life felt so much easier. Rather than failing at thrilling anyone, this blog will be taking a hopefully-brief break for a few days – a smaller version of the full-summer breaks this site (and perhaps any hate-readers) once enjoyed. Let’s take this time to focus on summer, on family, on what really matters and what brings us joy. While I’m away, here are some links that may bring you summer fun from the past – random days and years and posts that kindle some of what summer best embodies. The season flies by all too quickly – get out there and hold onto it.
June 29, 2010 ~ Capture at the creek
July 29, 2010 ~ Meeting a childhood idol at his Chelsea penthouse
August 10, 2010 ~ Lulled by the ocean
June 11, 2011 ~ A pride post
July 2, 2011 ~ This used to be my playground
July 25, 2011 ~ Summer stalker: part of your world
August 5, 2011 ~ Camp crush
June 7, 2012 ~ The gay religious experience
July 26, 2012 ~ Turn up the radio
August 20, 2012 ~ David Beckham’s bulge
June 23, 2013 ~ Music for a darkened theater
July 15, 2013 ~ High summer recapping
August 29, 2013 ~ The majesty of the mount
September 2, 2013 ~ I hear the ticking of the clock
June 27, 2014 ~ Sweet scent of summer
July 25, 2014 ~ Family summer fun
August 12, 2014 ~ Your love is killing me
September 2, 2014 ~ A New York City birthday adventure begins
September 3, 2014 ~ Bathroom briefs
June 30, 2015 ~ Taming an unruly beast
July 15, 2015 ~ Peering over the edge of 40
August 24, 2015 ~ My 40th birthday
September 13, 2015 ~ An almost-secret garden in Boston
June 25, 2016 ~ The point of being pretty
July 2, 2016 ~ True blue for three decades
August 31, 2016 ~ All my August days
September 4, 2016 ~ A sea recedes
June 30, 2017 ~ The very last sunset
July 20, 2017 ~ We will be found
September 22, 2017 ~ Two friends on a perfect day
June 29, 2018 ~ A summer look-back before a break
August 30, 2018 ~ September’s coming soon
September 20, 2018 ~ Andante
June 30, 2019 ~ Saigon summer in Boston
July 13, 2019 ~ King of wishful thinking
August 26, 2019 ~ A love-letter to Betty Lynn Buckley
September 1, 2019 ~ September summer nakedness
June 20, 2020 ~ Summer begins
June 21, 2020 ~ The 2nd night of summer
July 15, 2020 ~ Summer evening by Tom Ford
August 27, 2020 ~ A king signals the slipping of summer
June 22, 2021 ~ A good day for Dad
July 23, 2021 ~ An anniversary letter to my husband
August 30, 2021 ~ Two decades of working for the state of New York
September 21, 2021 ~ A summer that wasn’t quite…
