Wrightsville Beach - The First Days of Summer

Friday, June 20 - the first day of summer

In Wilmington for a CLE program, the first person I see is my friend Dick Horgan, who had told me about a week ago, the medicine was not working any longer for him. But here he was, a little thinner, but smiling with a bottle of mimosa for everyone.

We talked for hours about life, the practice of law and the challenges of young people as some of the people there were young parents. Then there was the lawyer, age 77, who presently has 13 capital murder cases. He does not turn any away.

On Saturday, the next day, I was sitting on a pier overlooking the ocean, having lunch with a number of people, including an old friend and judge, who laughed and talked with me about our mutual friend, Senator Robert Morgan.

For two days, the first days of summer, I spent it with friends talking about the past, present and future, remembering the words of Albert Camus...

"In the depth of winter, I learned there lay within me an invincible summer."