I need it to be summer
Water color by John Severson I need to shake off this winter malaise I need to wake up to blinding sun shine first thing in the morning I need that smell of summer, part coastal sage, part hot asphalt, part Coppertone I need to call the surf report and hear for the 100th time, "there is a south west swell running from 2 to 3 feet" I need my hair to bleach out to snow white with the consistency of dry straw I need to wonder how many days the water temperate will stay above 70 before plunging down the chilly 50's with the arrival of a big south swell. I need to wear the same clothes, trunks, flip flops and t shirt until people start asking if these are the only clothes I own. I need to decide if I am going to surf in the morning or in the afternoon, then surf both just like yesterday and the day before. I need to forget what day of the week it is. I need to go to the surf movies and know the California crew by first name, the Hawaiian crew by surfing style alone and have