Muddy River 06/15/09, 6:05 p.m.

Noticing the year, mid June 2009

It's been a weird spring so far. We had a handful of genuinely hot days (80 degrees +) in April and May (including the day before my mushroom class, when it caused a problem for me), but June has been almost uniformly cold and gray. By "cold" I mean 50s and low 60s, and by "uniformly" I mean probably half the time or more. Everyone kind of expects June to be the beginning of Summer weather.

My dad is thankful for this unusual pattern, because he teaches in a public school building with no air conditioning. The kids aren't staring longingly out the window at a day better spent at the beach, and he isn't sweltering in his shirt and tie.