Melissa Wantz: Notes from West Egg

There is something special about the day before school starts. It’s in the air, a sense of expectation, of hope. A tinge of uncertainty and novelty and wondering. The feeling of possibility and desire. It’s hard to put summer away, to get to bed early, to sleep soundly on the day before school starts. It’s hard to pick up the routine and be on time and be ready so early. But there is a buzz around town and a readiness to dig back into social networks and difficult tasks, challenges and heavy loads. There is a willingness to put shoulder to an unmovable object and try to give it a budge. We are rested, the teachers and students, and we are eager to begin again. The new is calling.