I. Miss. SUMMER.

seriously. san francisco is a beautiful place to live. but it is cold. not frigid, like winter in the northeast. just, always a little damp and chilly. the kind that gets into your bones. always between 50 and 70 degrees. which generally doesn't sound that bad.

except every year around the turning of each season, i get nostalgic for...the turning of the seasons. right now, it's summer. warm nights - evenings when the air is still warm (here, it gets chilly as soon as the sun goes down) and everyone is out and about, playing music and laughing on the sidewalks. i miss that.

and i miss swimming in the summer. up in sonoma, it gets nice and hot, and there are some lovely swimming holes. but here...i rarely feel the need. just the desire to go swimming like i did when i was a kid - barefoot all day, dripping hair drying in the sun, and never taking off your bathing suit.

so, i miss summer. in about a month i go back to massachusetts. let's hope i get some quality summer weather. and that i remember how to pack. last year i brought a wool sweater home in july. seriously.