Summer: A Celebration

August, 1981

Summer is the season that always seems to slip away from us. On Memorial Day, it takes over like a warm blur, then it all too abruptly ends with Labor Day. But it doesn't have to be that way. In the next 12 pages, we will reacquaint you with some of the seasonal pleasures that make summer special. After all, it is literally the time when nature wants you to smell the roses. It is the time when your bare feet re-establish their relationship with the good earth. It is also the time when goofing of...

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