Category: Christopher Smart

Dog Day Afternoons

These are the Dog Days. Dies Caniculares, the Romans called them, attributing their peculiar qualities to the influence of Sirius, the Dog Star. Falling between mid-July and mid-August, they’re often the hottest days of the year: airless, stifling, sultry, days, when everything’s dried-up and dusty, without any prospect of rain to cool the air, or Read More