Mid Point

This is the mid-point in the summer, exactly half-way between July 4th and August 28th (the first day of public school).

This is the slowest time for the cab business, and for the majority of retail businesses in the city.

This is also the deepest point of hibernation for the school buses...

Ssshhhh!

Be very, very quiet...

The school buses are sleeping.

We wouldn't want to wake them up before it's time to go to school...

Another 27days before all the school buses wake up and the streets of Worcester suddenly come alive. Another 27 days of Worcester streets that have no traffic jams, no pile-ups at various intersections, and no flashing lights on big yellow school buses.

The freshmen college students will begin to filter into the city during the next few weeks. They'll be coming here for orientations and "Mom and Dad scrutiny" of the places they'll be entrusting their children to for the first time, in most cases, that they've lived outside their homes.

We'll also see the beginning of the shopping that has to be done by parents to prepare their kids for school. This is a very distinct up-turn in business, usually beginning about the middle of August.

Right now, however, at this mid-point that runs from this afternoon through tomorrow morning, we have the other half of summer to look forward to.