I realize I have fallen, yet again, off the track of maintaining a blog. I like to think there are two seasons in southern Arizona—open blinds and curtains and closed blinds and curtains. Summer is definitely the closed season. Our darkened homes become our lairs while we wait out the heat. During this period of estivation, one day slips into another without much thought. In the slower days of summer, even the writing takes on a slowed pace this year……