Send Off to Summer

Allegheny River.  Depending on source, the name means, “best flowing river of the hills” or “fine river” or other lovely names from various First Nations [Algonquin, Lenape, Seneca], who lived along this waterway thousands of years before Columbus left Europe.

In 2008, nineteen-year-old, Katie Spotz was the first-known person to swim the 325 miles from Warren, Pennsylvania, into New York State, and past this Fox Chapel Yacht Club. A few miles west, this water joins the Monongahela. The mingling creates the Ohio River that, 981 miles later, becomes the Mississippi. It flows into the Gulf of Mexico that becomes the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, mists becomes clouds that rain, perhaps onto the hills in Warren, Pennsylvania and the river begins again.

The third Wednesday of August, I enjoyed the Pittsburgh Business Exchange’s annual “Send Off to Summer.”  As with that’s summery, I think of Brooke Davis’ words, “So for now I say goodbye to this chapter of my life, and I look forward to what comes next.”

Next was a short drive to Bob’s Garage, a colorful bar twinkling with thousands of little white lights. As folks sing karaoke, I consider attempting Prince’s “U Got The Look.”    How much worse could I be? [Okay, a lot.]

As the thought  that summer will return after autumn, winter and spring, I wonder about voice lessons. I embrace these anonymous words, “Set your Goals High and always Dream Big. Because you’re only as big as the dreams you dare to Live..”

See you next year relaxing by the yachts and, later, at Bob’s Garage [photo above]. Until then,

Succeed and Soar!

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