The Longest Day Called Solstice

      The Mayor cannot let the longest day pass without a comment.  It's a day looked forward to by multitudes of peoples around the northern hemisphere.  Often called "White Nights", the day that never ends, or the "endless summer".   All conjure up the romance, the nostalgia of warm days, warm nights that allow outdoor experiences completely unavailable the rest of the year.
     At the farthest north, locals watch the sun dip toward the horizon and then rebound into the sky without ever setting: 24 hours of daylight.   Photo mosaics exist for us who live farther south, say south of 40 degrees, north latitude.  We in Tahoma see longer days and enjoy our lingering twilight as the sun bounces off the windows of homes on the Nevada side of the lake.  Often enough, when the skies are clear, the reflections flash west across the water to give West Side dwellers an idea of the sunset the Nevadans experience during these long summer days.
     See you at the beach.