Sometimes the simplest pictures turn out to be the best ones. From a hike around Griffy Lake yesterday: summer is here!

Ah, summer reading. What was once a bit of a chore during high school has become a habit and a delight now that I’m older. The biggest difference is that now I get to choose what I’m going to read! So without further ado, here’s a short list of books for the summer:

• “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction” by Eugene Peterson (in progress)
• “Sag Harbor” by Colston Whitehead
• “Everything is Illuminated” by Jonathan Saffron Foer
• “Once a Runner” by John L Parker
• “Henderson the Rain King” by Saul Bellow and Dave Eggers
• “Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis” by Matthew Dickerson
• “The Furious Longing of God” by Brennan Manning
• “What is the What” by Dave Eggers
• “The Four Loves” by C.S. Lewis
• “Marathon” by Hal Higdon (how to train for 26.2!)
• “Yours, Jack: Spiritual Direction from C.S. Lewis” by C.S. Lewis (a collection of his letters).

Ah, summer is finally here. I went camping last night at Yellowwood to kick off the summer properly. Since I changed the blog design the photos show up kind of small, so a reminder that if you click on them they’ll expand to full- screen.

More blogging to come now that exams are done!