Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 27, 1994 TAG: 9403300185
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 13 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Kathy Wilson
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Henry James
No season has more rules than summer.
It's the only season the ice cream man hops in a truck and comes right to your neighborhood ringing a bell.
It's the only time of year it's OK not to be in school every day of the week.
Perfectly acceptable time of year to run the air conditioner, even though the thermometer may hit the same hot temperatures during winter, spring or autumn.
Go ahead and fly that American flag every day from Memorial Day to Labor Day!
Most folks not only will accept without judgement your decision to read trashy paperbacks but will also understand when you cover their pages with cocoa-butter-grease fingerprints and sand.
Iced tea tastes better from June through August than it does any other time of the year.
Eat watermelon.
Cook outdoors.
And when it comes to fashion, go nuts.
You can finally wear white shoes.
Pantyhouse? Forget it!
Sleeveless dresses? Of course!
Pastel linens, straw hats and sandals?
Go for it!
Someone somewhere even saw to it that there are more hours of sunlight from June 21st.
Don't waste a minute of it.
by CNB