It was nice seeing everyone over the weekend … as in everyone in the frickin’ state! Can you imagine what July 4th will be like this year, especially with temperatures scheduled to be near 100? – a personal long-range prediction on my part.
A curse on Saturday’s gnat invasion. Anyone else befallen by it? In Barnegat Light, it was officially the worst no-see-em attack my suffering skin had ever seen, as I helped ready a famed backyard volleyball court for summer play.
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