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July is a month of primary colors, summer on simmer and Miami vice on the rocks. July unfolds like the new leaves of a banana tree after a tropical shower, lush and hopeful. July is faded pink stucco covered in
fuchsia bougainvillea. July is swimming pool blue, salsa verde, watermelon red. July smells like Coppertone, mint muddled in a mojito and the sunlight stored in a tomato. July’s theme song is played by ice-cream trucks and squeaky ceiling fans and a chorus of slamming screen doors all across the country. July
is grasshopper green leaping out of a field of weeds and wildflowers and the sound of cicadas on a long, hot, sleepy afternoon. July is as sticky and sweet as peach juice between your fingers, as spicy and succulent as slow-cooked ribs, as unforgettable and fleeting as the fireworks finale on the Fourth of July. Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Gayle Kabaker
“Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.” Henry David Thoreau
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