From Illinois to Topsail Island

The sea has been calm and the wind has been light,
The beach house is perfect, the families all right.
We saw dolphins swimming,
The Cubs have been winning,
But the kids all keep asking, “Just where is your kite?”

• Steve Shoemaker, on extended-family vacation, Topsail Island, NC, August 19, 2015

Steve’s kite on Topsail Island