Summers of Old
  • Oct 12, 2020 6:00 am
  • 56:50 mins
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Summer is officially over, but the sting that comes with the change of seasons remains. It’s kind of funny how fall comes every year, and yet it always seems to catch us off guard. You still yearn for the long, sunny days, planned vacations, and melting ice cream, even as the weather gets cold and the sun sets sooner. Maybe the reason we’re so nostalgic for summer is because it prolongs the inevitable: a new school, a new job, a new home. No matter how you swing it, the end of summer is a magnet for life changes, and since we’re naturally averse to change, the end of summer seems to suck all around.  But all that said, even though change will always sting a little, and even though we may never be truly ready for the change in seasons, there’s something comforting in the fact that summer comes and goes every year. It ends, but it ends with a promise: to begin again next year. The cycle of the seasons means there’s a bit of hope baked into every season’s end. So today, we figured we’d revel in that hope a bit. Today we’ve got stories about summers of old and songs about summers yet to come. Join us as we listen to Tim Lowry, Adam Booth, and Priscilla Howe explore what it means for summer to be over and why summer experiences can stay in our hearts for years and years to come. On today’s episode, enjoy the following: “Summer” by Tim Lowry (17:14) On a collection called My Favorite Time of Year, Tim recalls his favorite summer pastime: baseball. He reminisces on his favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds, his favorite player, Johnny Bench, and of course, his family tradition of watching the local Baptist church’s softball league. Throughout this tribute to summer, you’ll hear a reading of “Casey at the Bat,” the famous baseball poem penned by the American writer Earnest Lawrence Thayer in 1888, as well as an original tale from Tim Lowry about a young boy waiting to be informed if his new baby sibling is a boy or a girl. “The Ice Cream Truck” by Adam Booth (13:55) During the summer in Adam’s neighborhood, the only t