Grasping for Summer

The time to relish in summer's delights is now, not tomorrow

The most interesting thing has been happening to me these last few weeks.

I’ve noticed this desperate feeling to experience summer and all its beauty and fleeting sweetness, as it is. But instead of being present with this desire, I feel mostly melancholy as the sunflowers rise high, a telltale sign that summer is ending soon.

Maybe it’s because I feel al…