I realize it’s not officially summer until the Summer Solstice, tomorrow.

Still, that’s no excuse for the temperature dropping to the 50s a couple of nights ago, here in New York’s Hudson Valley! I was stunned. And chilly. June means summer, period. No way the thermometer should dip below 70, even in New York.

I guess the locals are loving it, though. They just went through an unusually severe heatwave last week, when it was like 90 every day. I was actually expecting more of that during my visit; no dice.