Do you remember going back to school in the fall and having to do one of those "What I did with my summer vacation" essays? It's been well over thirty years since I was student, but I still have in the back of my mind the idea that summer implies some sort of change in the routine. Now since my clients and the farm (and the family bills) won't let me take three months off, I have decided that as an alternate summer project I will get rid of those last few pounds standing between me and my...