The approach of Labour Day weekend marks a milestone in the year:  the end of summer and the beginning of the traditional school year.  Our writers past share opposing perspectives.

Bring it on!  Janice Behrens anticipates the energy boost from crisp autumn air.  “Autumn is a time when it actually feels good to bite off more than you can chew, to launch yourself into ambitious undertakings.”  The Good Life – Looking Forward to Fall, September 2, 2005.

Make it stop!  Barbara Lehtiniemi wants to backtrack to early summer, when there seemed to be more time for leisure pursuits.  “I want to go back to those sultry July days when summer still stretched out before me—before that dramatic flip of the calendar page to August…I want more time. ”  Late Summer Lament, August 28, 2015.