-Isms: Views on life in rural America

Ahh, sweet summertime.

As the unofficial start of the summer season kicks off this weekend, I’m making a list of everything I want (and need) to accomplish this summer.

It’s a long list. It got me thinking, wouldn’t it be great to go back in time, when summer days were spent at the swimming pool. My sister and I would arrive when the doors swung open for business, grab a basket for shoes and towels and pretend to take a shower before dropping off the wire container at the guard shack.

Then we’d run to the edge and jump in, learning how to back float or perfect the frog kick or play Marco Polo....