O’Neill: One step at a time (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

This past week brought a glorious summer rain and cooling trend that provided a respite from the heat and made me feel the sneaking suspicion that we’re gonna make it after all! Summer is the hardest season, long, hot days and warm nights that make sleep not as restful. I think it’s partly that we were raised to believe summer is great because we were out of school, so that the reality of the long work-slog of the hot months comes as a shocking difference to our childhood expectations and programming.