Beyond Summer

Summer is a gift in our corner of the world and nothing restores the soul quite like a walk at 9 at night with the sun still suspended in the evening sky like it’s been pinned there just for you or lazing around the campfire preparing the perfect s’more. My personal favourite is watching dragon flies hover and then dive bomb like Apache helicopters on vengeful manic missions to destroy the mosquito masses – sorry, I got carried away a bit there.

Have you ever wondered how and why this happens? I’m not asking why we afford ourselves of the opportunity to binge on the bounty our revolving seasonal reality provides. “How’s your summer been” becomes the ubiquitous opening line in conversations that arise as we make our way back to work, bump into each other in the hallway or around coffee machines and water coolers. There is…