The Year Without a Summer

Storms pass; we endure.

There’s a poem called “Darkness” by Lord Byron that’s been on my mind lately. To explain why that is, I have to first tell you about the eruption of Mount Tambora. Before I do either of those things, I should say why any of this is relevant.

With hurricanes battering the country and a contentious election lurking around the corner, a lot of people are un…