The mornings are getting foggy and cold again, and I've tucked away the shorts and tees in the closet, replacing them with pants and turtlenecks. We've already had our first rainfall, and the kids wander around in their fleecy pajamas, wondering why the sun sets so quickly. All signs that winter, in its still-strange-to-me California way, is coming.

But ahhhhhh, the summer. Don't you just wish you could cling to it a bit longer? Soak in one more ray of light, one more dip in the pool, one more slice of sweet, sticky watermelon?

That's what I think about as I sit in my office, busily reading another season of essays and applications and driving home in the dark. Summer.

Mmmmmm...