Don’t mean to bring everybody down but I must admit that, at this moment, I am not in the best of spirits. As the sun sets on summer 2010, I can’t help but feel a little low. Those carefree days at the beach are gone – until next year. Time keeps rolling along and there is nothing any of us seem to be able to do about it.
For some reason, I have never enjoyed the end of summer. Perhaps, it is because it was the start of a new school year, or maybe that it felt, to me, eerily similar to a break up, an end to something warm and full of life, with an uncertain transition into something very different.
Of course, it only takes a little while, perhapsthe length of an Indian summer, to push through those emotions and open myself up to autumn and all that it brings. Less high heat and humidity – that’s for sure – a change of season, fall fashion, football, hikes in the woods, drinks in the city, good film, music, the theatre, and the beginning of a long, exciting holiday season.
In my opinion, Detroit is at its best now through the New Year. The city cools off slowly at first, then very quickly, and soon we are living in shades of gray, a black and white movie, film noir, where something interesting and mysterious awaits discovery. There really is no place like Detroit this time of year.
You know, I think I’m feeling better already,
anthony