{"id":10828,"date":"2013-07-17T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=10828"},"modified":"2013-07-17T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T20:13:09","slug":"past-and-present-reflections-on-the-good-old-summer-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=10828","title":{"rendered":"Past and Present Reflections On the Good Old Summer Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>A Boomer\u2019s Journal<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Tom Anselm<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were at our granddaughters swim meet last night and it was all I could do to keep from cannon-balling into the shallow end to cool off.\u00a0 Do you think that would have been weird? They probably would have called the guys in the white coats to fish me out.\u00a0 “Yes, 911?\u00a0 We have a white male, mid-60s, who just lost his mind to the heat.\u00a0 He seems to be fine now, but could you send the wagon anyway? He’s scaring the children.”\u00a0 But really, what are we to expect in good old St. Louis in the middle of July?<\/p>\n

Last year, we dodged this heat-seeking missile by spending some time on the white sands of Destin, Florida.\u00a0 As I recall, folks here at home were enduring a stretch of the triple-digit heat and humidity that makes our river valley town such a treat.\u00a0 Alas, this year, we are amongst ya, with only a Gatorade and wet towel to stave off the sweat.<\/p>\n

I have never been the guy who could handle the hot. As a kid,\u00a0I would hide out in the shade while others ran amuck.\u00a0 Many a late afternoon you could find me with a cool washrag on my forehead laying in front of a window that was pulling in warm air by means of an attic fan.\u00a0 It helped a little that most of our baseball games were at 6 o’clock.\u00a0 But the dust still floated at waist level, and swarms of gnats seemed to really enjoy my freckled face.\u00a0 I would try to hang on until the post-game respite of a 10-cent rainbow sno-cone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Some days, my brother and I would fill up the canvas pool in the back yard and practice our sliding technique.\u00a0 “Anselm’s around third, heading for home. Heee’s\u2026. SAFE!” Or we’d just hop like idiots over that long green hose with all the holes in it as it sprayed up jets of cold relief into our faces.\u00a0 Maybe we’d walk or ride out bikes to Suburban Gardens pool or down to North Shore Country Club on Riverview, which wasn’t really a country club but had a golf course and pool, so it was the closest thing to it.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0 least until Bellefontaine Country Club came along.\u00a0 That place not only had a sweet pool, but tennis courts AND a club house.\u00a0 The beautiful water, shaded patio, and the Monday night dances featuring Bob Kuban and Johnny Kaye and the Runaways\u2026 wow.<\/p>\n

What great memories BCC produced for the kids who grew up in it’s heyday.<\/p>\n

So I guess this summer hasn’t been all that bad. This past Independence Day\u00a0 morning was lovely as we took in the Veiled Prophet Parade.\u00a0 With a gaggle of kids and their corresponding adults, light breezes and a shaded location staked out early by Jill’s sister Mary Beth and husband Rich, we enjoyed one of the many parades with fantastic floats that St. Louis has to offer.\u00a0 The weather was even cooperative to the bands that seemed to inexplicably dress their musicians all in black, although some groups wore cut-off jeans to help nullify the sun.<\/p>\n

Now as far as golfing goes, I like to get out early, even though the grass is dewey (is that a word?) and the bugs are busy. No matter that the guys out there at that time of day are worse off than me when it comes to creaky joints and skinny, hairless legs.\u00a0 They’re all out for a good time, and I give them credit for keeping it going.\u00a0 Like them, I want to play in the low 80s\u2026 the temp, if not the score.\u00a0 I know I’m a big baby.\u00a0 But it has ever been thus.<\/p>\n

Maybe we need to just live in Destin for the summer.\u00a0 I’m sure the lovely Jill would go for that idea.<\/p>\n

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