The Heliolatry Longing

The first day of summer has officially been marked and here in Seattle it feels like we RSVP’d to the wrong party. We got all dressed up, only to find out it wasn’t time to start sloshing down the ‘ritas. Instead, the gray sent us indoors, where we gargled whiskey and continued to write away while the umpteenth person updated their Facebook status with “Juneuary.”

It may be gray here, but this day is the longest of the year. (No p(s)un intended). In addition to long daylight, we love summer blackberries, the word ‘longing’, and the sparkly, gorgeous way Robert Hass uses it here:

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