Summer football weather a lot like life Published 1:14 pm Wednesday, June 19, 2024 By Staff Report By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist It’s getting warm outside. Hot even.
That’s how it is supposed to be in a Mississippi summer. If you are reading this on Wednesday, tomorrow is the summer solstice. After an entire Saturday working in the yard cutting grass, weed eating, and spreading pine straw, I’ve decided to change my yard maintenance time to late in the evening.
No heat stroke for this guy if I can help it. Like the old meme says, ain’t nobody got time for that! Did I mention that it is hot? Yes. Two weeks ago, we drove to Moorhead.
If you didn’t know before, you do now: Moorhead is the home of Mississippi Delta Community College. MDCC is now our youngest son’s home away from home. He’ll be playing Trojan football there in the fall.
I don’t envy his summer at all. Moorhead is in Sunflower County, which is smack in the Mississippi Delta. To give you a map perspective, it is a straight thirty-five-mile drive from Moorhead to the infamous Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman Field.
If you know Mississippi geography, the Delta is synonymous with flat. Almost all you can see in every direction outside small communities, towns, and cities is flat farmland. For miles and miles and miles, the countryside can be both bleak and beautiful.
Not only is the Delta flat, but if it is summer, it’s hot. There is no heat like the Mississippi Delta in June, July, and August..
