Dear September,

Well, here we are back together again. I see you doing well and balancing Day and Night almost perfectly.
The leaves on the trees are just as beautiful as they will be. I’m glad to be appreci-ating the awesome 70- and

80-degree, sunny days with light winds. The boating this time of year is absolutely the best of the year. I love you, September! You’re the best month of the entire year. Your first weekend in September is the unofficial end of Summer ’26 called Labor Day Weekend. Watching Football basically 7 days a week, which makes Sundays great for a boat ride. My favorite day is remembering what happened on the 21st of September by Earth, Wind and Fire. The following day at 8:04 p.m. EDT, your Autumnal Equinox occurs, and we slip into the fall. Your full moon will be coming up on September 26th, and always a nice evening for an Autumn boat ride. September,

I hope you are good to us this year!

Sincerely,
Jim High
P.S. You Suck!!!

Speculation: PIZZA JOHN’S and RIVERSIDE MARINE are celebrating their 60th and 50th birthdays this year!

Pizza John’s is 60, opening in 1966, and Riverside Marine is 50, founded 10 years later in 1976. John Corruzzi and the Corruzzi family have been my neighbors and friends my whole entire life. Riverside’s Baumgartner family and my family go back further than I was born. Now, I know Bob and Vennie Baumgartner, who founded Riverside Marine, lived not far from Pizza John’s. I also know the Riverside family still eats at Pizza John’s often. So… I am wondering if, over a Pizza John’s pizza, they made the final decision to buy the marina that became Riverside Marine in 1976? Folklore or not, these two fabulous families continue to do amazing work in and around our community. To many, many more!

“Ooh La La!!!” “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger…” — 1973, by Faces, Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, and Rod Stewart. Thinking about Rod Stewart! This guy has been around; you know what I mean. So here is my advice, ladies and gentlemen: this September, on a cool evening with maybe a glass of wine, a slow sipper, or better yet, an ice-cold Natural Light… put some Rod Stewart on the playlist!!! What happens next is magical! Ladies, you get to control some awesome music, and gentlemen, you can thank Rod and me later! Hehe! So, I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger… but since that ain’t happening, how about knowing now what I am going to know when I’m much older? Kind of like a time machine of just knowledge!!!

Speaking of 60th Anniversaries. The Endless
Summer is an amazing, fun movie about
surfing around the world. Produced by
Bruce Brown in 1966. If you haven’t seenit, take an evening (not on a boating
weekend) and enjoy! It also
has an amazing surf
theme from the
Sandals and the
best LOGO ever!
The movie grows

every year in popu-
larity, it has obtained a

cult following, and the music
and logo show up in strange places
more and more! Like this month’s front
cover!