My sense of time drifts along on these warm afternoons, though my paper calendar is speedier. The summer solstice, the official start of summer and the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, arrives next Friday, June 20. Summer weather with coastal fog and inland warmth is here.
The warmth has prompted the blooming of the last wildflowers, the pink poppy-shaped blossoms of “Farewell to Spring” or “Herald of Summer,” depending on which…