We have reached mid-July. For me, that's always seemed like the mid-point of summer. When I was a child, my thoughts would already be about returning to school, or when my children were young, we were wondering who their teachers would be or would they be in the same classes as their friends... It's human nature to race ahead of today, but I hope you'll enjoy the present and if it's hot where you are, I hope your AC is working well and that you have lots of time for reading -