July 1, 2026, mind

Garden state parkway sign
Heading East, then South. Sometimes my patience ‘heads South’ when i don’t (never) want it to.

What’s one thing that’s surprised you about summer 2026?

How my patience seems to be more easily tested at this life-stage. Would have thought all my mental control would make it nearly impossible to get rattled by any number of things.

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Wildcard day, mind

AMC Theater theater number two
Our theater to watch Toy Story 5 premiere. Two. Two blogs in one day. No problem. Child’s play.

What’s a blogging challenge few, if any, know about?

The administrative stuff behind the scenes.

Which probably doesn’t exist for bloggers not writing and linking five daily, differently-themed blog posts.

Today’s posts are entitled: Wildcard day.

Why?

Because i’m writing two posts today, June 30th. One will publish August 30 and the other August 31.

This happens every year. It’s a detail i’m writing about to remind myself when this day comes.

When June 30 arrives, i need to get to write two posts in a single day.

This helps me stay on track with the writing and publishing calendar.

Note: This will correct itself on July 23 (and 24).

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June 30, 2026, mind

från lebowitz quote about books
Give a person a fish, feed them for a day. Teach them to fish, feed them forever.

Give someone a fish, feed them for one meal. Teach them to fish, feed them forever. – dad

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June 1, 2026, mind

family on beach
Sanibel Island Summer 2009.
boy with inner tube at beach
Sanibel Island, 2011.
Family at Sanibel
Every Summer it’s Sanibel and Glacier.
Sometimes, Life's A Beach
Sometimes (like every Summer from 1988-2018), life’s A Sanibel Beach
florida beach pools
The Sanibel location’s pool was also a huge ‘fun time’. Chapin ‘flying’ into the pool.

Happy June 1, 2026.

While the Summer Solstice is three weeks away (June 21, 4:54am), Since childhood, i’ve always celebrated Summer’s arrival on June 1st.

Why?

Why wait!

Go.

Have fun.

Why wait?

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The Summer of Glacier and Quotes

Postcard writing
Postcard writing yesterday on two Delta flights.
Postcard writing
Postcard writing, context for location.
Postcard writing
Postcard writing, more context for location.

The Summer of Glacier and Quotes is something i dreamt up during the early days (March 2020) of COVID-19, when we didn’t have a clue if travel would resume by Summer 2020.

dad

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