Summer’s dog days are here

LANSING

“ Summertime and the living is easy, fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high,” – George Gershwin

O ut under the powdery blue morning skies, the sun was already beating down like someone had left the woodstove door wide open.

I was surprised at how intently I could feel the sun’s rays through the long sleeves of my shirt – seemingly penetrating deep into my skin, perhaps all the way to the bon…