The Special Days at the End by Brenda Whiteside

Sprinklers say summer

Hot August nights are starting to wane. As I write this, it's my birthday - which signals to me the end of summer drawing near. As a young girl, school shopping was finished. On my birthday, I'd get those last few things I'd really wanted when we'd gone school shopping. Sneaky Mom.

Summer has never been my favorite season. I didn't like the heat of

Stormy summer skies

Golden squash from the summer garden

Phoenix, and I liked school. It still isn't my favorite season even though we spent nearly twenty years in Minnesota. Summer around the twin cities can be wonderful, especially compared to the heat of southern Arizona. Even in Northern Arizona the heat can do me in.

But there is something special about the end of summer. There's a change in the air and autumn holds more appeal for me. The mornings have been just a touch cooler here on the prairie so I can already look forward to the change.

Gabby, Xena and Rusty

I'm okay with the dog days of summer.

My summer short read releases exclusively on Amazon in a few days, August 27. Amanda in the Summer will take through three generations of women and their summers filled with love, pain, laughter and tears. 


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