Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Summer running

With June ending, it's the perfect time for one of my favorite passages from Ray Bradbury:

It was June and long past time for buying the special shoes that were quiet as a summer rain falling on the walks. June and the earth full of raw power and everything everywhere in motion. The grass was still pouring in from the country, surrounding the sidewalks, stranding the houses. Any moment the town would capsize, go down and leave not a stir in the clover and weeds. And here Douglas stood, trapped on the dead cement and the red-brick streets, hardly able to move.


From Dandelion Wine, the re-reading of which should be a summer ritual.

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