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After more than a year of meeting on Zoom every month, the members of Amy Ettinger s book club recently tried something radical: They got together in real life. The move was a fundamental departure from the routine. Ettinger had established the book club at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and she and five or six other women from around Santa Cruz, California, had met 13 times in virtual space. From the beginning, the plan was to eventually transition into a face-to-face club. Finally, in late May, they achieved their goal, gathering outside in one member s yard. Though the women were unfamiliar with how to act in person at first, the get-together quickly became effortless and fun, Ettinger said. The women shared stories about parenting during the pandemic. They smiled. They laughed. Sure, at some point, the women managed to discuss the book of the month, Bernardine Evaristo s Girl, Woman, Other.
Well, we received a reminder notice from summer last week that spring is soon to be sprung. All it takes is a few toasty days to prompt me to seek out ideas for keeping cool. When I was a kid, running through the sprinklers and eating popsicles kept me happy on hot days. Fast forward, oh, let’s say, multiple decades, and now I’m trying to stay away from sugar, so no popsicles for this middle-aged body. And because I don’t want to frighten the neighbors or small animals, there won’t be any sprinkler-running. Alas. But here is something a young-at-heart adult can do when the sun beams down oven-roasting heat: sit inside an air-conditioned location and read. Super cool.