Dog Days of Summer

[image error]Do you remember summer as a kid?   Playing outside until the sun goes down with only brief stops at home for food at lunch and dinner?  The sound of the ice cream truck coming down the street?  

In my house we had a chest of drawers by the front door (a credenza, I learned as I grew older).  It was painted apple green and had a plate full of pennies on top.  We were allowed to use those pennies to buy ice cream.  

I remember playing catch with my dad in the back yard.  My brother in his chaps a...