August means summer is starting to wind down. Summer projects have to be revved up if they are to be finished before school starts. Only a few more weekends to squeeze a weekend trip onto the mixed tape of Summer Road Trips of 2010.
The best flowers bloom in August: black-eyed susans, purple coneflowers, and sedum. These are hardy flowers, not afraid of hot, searing sun. The pansies have long since shriveled, dried up, and gone home. August means "marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
And, the most robust expression of summer: tomatoes! Ah, at long last, the tomatoes! I'm catapulted back to a Sicilian patio after dusk with a hunk of crusty bread in my hand, dripping with olive oil and tomato innards that have been crushed into the spongy, holey bread.
Remember the sweat that's sitting on your upper lip as you wake up in the morning, as you wash dishes, as you exert yourself in the smallest of ways during the day. The sweaty back of your dress shirt, the healthy shine on the apples of children's cheeks. Remember this salty, sweaty month this winter. Once winter comes, I'll be shivering in five layers, with white fingers, flush faced from my niacin pills, and dreaming of this august day.
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3 comments:
I love your writing!
p.s. Don't forget about August allergies! They always hit me a week or two before school begins. sniffle.
Neti pot much? That's my anti-allergy weapon. And, if it's any consolation, I grew out of my intense allergies after the age of 30. Maybe that will hold true in our gene pool.
I love my neti pot, too! I haven't felt the allergies hit yet, but you reminded me that I should start to keep them away!
Cheers to the awesome neti!
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