Ode to the Summer

Noting the best season from the American southwest

Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash

A symphony of lawnmowers, cicadas, and mockingbirds dominates the early mornings of early June. Although the buzzing bugs have no shame in waking you, they get shy and mute themselves when you near, almost as if to apologize. The doves coo in a supporting role that resembles a much more coy echo of the train horn that streaked across the dry air…