Re-entry
In France they say bonne rentrée when people return to work and school after the summer vacation. Having just returned from a ten-day vacation, I feel how appropriate that phrase can be – but whether the transition is smooth or shocking depends on many factors. It would be nice to be able to let the relaxed, happy feeling of vacation seep into the fabric of daily life, but it wears away too soon, lost in the snarl of morning traffic, the piles of mail and laundry that must be waded through, and the lengthening ‘to-do’ list. For me, reading my email and favorite blogs is the best way of getting reoriented. I was thrilled to learn that the Cambodian opera sold out every performance, but sorry to hear about the tennis-court controversy (as one who plays at Callery Park in the Highlands, I think I can safely say that these are the worst courts in the city – trash-strewn and cracked with sagging nets). It’s taking awhile to catch up to the unfolding events in the city council election and the MA-05 race, and I didn’t realize until too late that the Council was debating the two proposed new schools last night or I would have gone to the meeting. It seems so short-sighted not to take the State’s offer and do both of these last two schools, completing the building program that began in 1992, and for which many city councilors now congratulate themselves.
Still, taking the good with the bad, it is nice to return home to green lawns and tulips and daffodils in bloom. And, the lilac at my back door is blooming and filling the air with perfume – c’est bon!