Around these parts, the month of June is as fickle as newly pubescent love.
One day, she will flirt with promises of summer and her deep blue skies.
The next day, she’s gone cold and chilly with gray punishing winds.
As inconstant as Romeo to his Rosaline, we never know from day-to-day,
If June will bring us picnics and sunshine or rain boots and sweaters.
Her capricious moods match our own as we sing or shiver in response.
So we pack our bags with extra gear, wondering if June will be herself today.
And though we’d like to give her our loyalty, to prove we will stand by her,
We are disposed, by instability, to long for the maturity of July’s warmth.
Sydney how can I copy that quote by Petronius Arbiter, 210 B.C. This is so perfect for the Texas Public School System. I love it. And your writing…You are amazing. I would love to see you. JoAnn Love; to you when you were small…I hope you remember me. Do you remember Luke, my son? Ya’ll were tiny in Austin together and we took lots of pictures of y’all! I still have them. Hope to hear from you.
Joann, I don’t know if I remember you specifically, but I do remember Luke because I’ve seen those photos of us together. My mother is flying in tonight so I’m sure she can help jog my memory.
Perhaps the next time I’m in Texas (are you still in Austin) we can have lunch or something. Thank you for the compliment to my writing. And here is the quote you asked about (you should be able to copy and paste it to save) – funny that you consider it good commentary on the school system. I consider it a perfect description of corporate America:
“We trained hard – but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.” – Petronius Arbiter, 210 B.C.