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Summer Begins!

By Phillip Williams
Friday, June 20, 2008

Saturday, June 21st is the beginning of Summer! We have already seen days above 100 degrees, so this seems anticlimactic. It will be cooler this first weekend of summer than most of Spring. Some scattered thundershowers will keep part of this weekend with below average temperatures.

Do you have any good memories of summer? I do.

I grew up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and can remember a lot of fun summers as a kid. I was one of those kids that loved to get in the mud. We had a large play area behind my house. It was the land used for the Fair when it came to town. When it rained I would get out there and have a ball. You’re probably wondering if I had sense to get in out of the rain and the answer is no. My father bought us some oversized umbrellas that were made of a thick coated canvas-like material. There were great during heavy rain. As long as it wasn’t thundering, I was outside in the rain, usually without shoes, splashing my way up and down the gutter of the street. I got a few other kids on my street to join me most of the time. Sometimes, I think I should splash around now for good stress relief. haha…