Sirius dog days of summer

   Webster defines dog days as the hot sultry days of July to early September in the Northern hemisphere. Also a period of stagnation or inactivity.   Sirius, the dog star,heliacally rises and sets from July 3 to August 11, and is also referred to as canicula canis.   The madness and violence of summer has been related to this dog day syndrome.   The summer of 1967 with all its rioting was one of the hottest on record.   The dog days of summer weaken us and causes us to become lethargic or easy to anger.   But 67' was also the summer of love so it all depends on how you channel your freedom and express warmth or heat within.   Today was the Alvarado family reunion at Lake Lansing and it was in the 70s and partly cloudy.   There was no dog day as we looked at the new bandshell at the park and looked across the street at the newly remodeled Blue Gill Grill.  Jane's chocolate chip cookies disappeared in a record 10 or less minutes.   The dog days will still be around to stagger us along until we find our way back home.   Love peace and happiness can still be a reality to  the searching seasoned man.   Wiley, the golden dog, has a nice summer cut as we still have 3 cats in our garage living ferally.  Their mother has left Dippy, aka Dipstick, Cloney, and Doozy, aka Pirate Eye as wards of the court for us to care for.