On days like this, when the heat hits like a most unpleasant STEAM bath, I am more than ever AWARE of living in a landlocked state. In reaction, a longing wells up inside of me- I want to make a plan, pull together some determination and focus, fix a BEADY eye on the prize and just go! Go to the BEACH where summer ick is soothed by waves, sand, and the cries of gulls. Where heat and humidity are more easily tolerated, where my toes can wiggle in wet sand.

Georg’ann

Trivia night in the musty basement bar, 
our team gets, “1965 movie starring 
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello?”
I quickly SHOUT, 
“BEACH Blanket Bingo!”
We win the round, thanks 
to childhood afternoons 
spent watching local channel 4
on a tiny black and white tv. 
Our prize- drinks on the house. 
Cheers to those long ago lonely days!

Heather