The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

This extended summer has been great for selected veggies in my garden. I continue to find ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, and a copious bounty of green peppers for some unknown reason. But I just received a "pool update" notice from the country club that repairs are ongoing, and there will be no pool until next year. Between no tennis (hand still in a cast) and no swimming, it's been disappointing, and more tomatoes do not compensate!

I grew up on Long Island (New York) and was fortunate to spend my summers with friends and siblings at the Levittown Community Pool. We have home movies of my sist...