By Michael F. Duggan
“Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!”
-Daisy Buchanan
About an hour ago, I realized that the action in The Great Gatsby takes place in 1922, and therefore the longest day of the year that Daisy was hoping to not miss was 100 years ago today. So I got into the car, put in a CD of Bix and Tram, and drove to Scott and Zelda’s grave in nearby Rockville. It was a gorgeous sunset.
In addition to the perennial pens, pennies, and little gin bottles left on the slab was a green light bulb. Clever.