come spring

I don't know about you, but, mild as Albuquoique's winter has been, I'm looking forward to spring, and not just because there'll be enough light for me to read while waiting for the bus and not just because I'll be able to read that book sitting on the bus stop's bench without freezing my derriere.

soaring

I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar.

only one summer to every customer

"Martin."
"Yes, Pop."
"You have to leave here. There's no room, there's no place. Do you understand that?"
"I see that now, but I don't understand. Why not?"
"I guess because we only get one chance. Maybe there's only one summer to every customer. That little boy, the one I know - the one who belongs here - this is his summer, just as it was yours once. Don't make him share it."

Tonight Sue and I watched a couple of "Twilight Zone" episodes off our DVR. The above was from "Walking Distance", one of their best.