Wild Card/Saturday — 8.29.09

I didn’t realize how summer was gone until I tuned in the Mariners game last night while watering the garden — and heard the Coeur d’Alene High Viks playing Lakeland on KVNI. I wished someone would measure the length of days during the summer and see if they contain the same 24 hours as the ones in the dead of winter. Summer days, of course, have a whole lot of sunshine. But they seem to pass twice as fast as winter ones. On the other hand, fall is my favorite time of the year in the Inland Northwest. So I’ll continue to cut the lawn. And enjoy the forthcoming municipal elections. Which already are producing plenty of blog fodder. Now, for your Wild Card …