I hate writing about this, but it needs to be said:<\/p>\n
Summer is beginning its long descent into fall.<\/p>\n
[Insert groan here]<\/p>\n
It hit me squarely today on my morning walk. The world just wasn’t as bright. The sun was at a lower angle.<\/p>\n
This came up just a few days ago at one of our daily news meetings–attended by a few people who get up before the world starts (in this time zone, at any rate).<\/p>\n
We all know what’s coming. But that’s not the point of this post. The point is to gather ye rosebuds, people. Carpe Diem. Or, if you prefer, as I saw on a sign in San Francisco: “Carpe Denim = Seize the Pants.” In our little patch of planet, maybe it should be “Carpe Carp.”<\/p>\n
Whatever.<\/p>\n
We still have lots of sunny, warm days ahead of us.<\/p>\n
Savor them. Do what you need to get outside and make some happy memories.<\/p>\n
Translation: turn off the TV (turn against it), stop surfing the web and surf the St Lawrence or the St Regis Canoe Area. Or simply get outside and bask in 80-degree afternoons.<\/p>\n
It was the Roman poet Horace who gave us Carpe Diem. But the other part of his statement, rarely used, is just as important:<\/p>\n
“Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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