{"id":1592,"date":"2015-08-23T21:02:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T01:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2016-05-21T21:36:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T01:36:50","slug":"what-a-difference-six-months-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"What A Difference Six Months Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the golden light of a summer twilight, I walked home the other evening. It was warm and\u00a0the air perfectly still.\u00a0 The\u00a0cerulean sky,\u00a0white billowy clouds and\u00a0 rose\u00a0colored sunset made it seem like \u00a0a Maxfield Parrish illustration.<\/p>\n<p>With jacket over my shoulder, I strolled along. Passing\u00a0a bus stop, \u00a0I saw a faded poster for\u00a0Fourth\u00a0of July fireworks at a local park.\u00a0 It was hard to imagine that was weeks ago and now it&#8217;s the middle of August. A little farther on,\u00a0I saw\u00a0an out-of-date poster for <em>Shakespeare on the Common<\/em>, that too\u00a0ended several weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150227_141132-e1440299815526.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1612\" src=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150227_141132-e1440299815526-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20150227_141132\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150227_141132-e1440299815526-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150227_141132-e1440299815526-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150807_135807-e1440299543141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1608\" src=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150807_135807-e1440299543141-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20150807_135807\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150807_135807-e1440299543141-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150807_135807-e1440299543141-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What a difference six months makes. It seemed like ages ago we struggled under the weight of a record snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to think we are halfway through summer and another winter approaches.\u00a0Not now,\u00a0 not on a beautiful summers evening.<\/p>\n<p>What a difference six months make.<\/p>\n<p><em>copyright 2015 Magnus Incognito<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the golden light of a summer twilight, I walked home the other evening. It was warm and\u00a0the air perfectly still.\u00a0 The\u00a0cerulean sky,\u00a0white billowy clouds and\u00a0 rose\u00a0colored sunset made it seem like \u00a0a Maxfield Parrish illustration. 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