What with the unseasonably cool weather in mid-May it’s hard to believe summer is only a month away. Nonetheless, the summer solstice occurs June 21, 12:16 P.M. CDT. And, even in parts of the country where Daylight Saving Time is not observed, it will still be the longest day of the year.I trust, with the advent of summer at hand, all my friends who wished for warmer temperatures last winter will rejoice and be glad the heat has returned. In the event ours is a long, hot summer, rest assured the global warming alarmists will be out in force warning how people are bringing this highly-hyped calamity upon themselves by releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, belching, or whatever supposed inducement is in vogue.
June is typically the big month of the year for weddings, and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of beaming brides this June. But, one such “beamer” has chosen to wed her beloved in July. My eldest granddaughter, Anna Butler, a recent graduate of The University of Mississippi, will wed Andrew Wallace on July 9th.
I imagine the media from levels local to national will report on how steep gasoline prices are keeping families from summer vacation travels. I don’t discount the fact that gasoline prices will influence the decisions of some people, but the vast majority of Americans who motor their way across our country for a vacation will do so regardless of the price of a gallon of gasoline. They may cut back the family budget somewhere else, but vacations will happen en masse.
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