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Wake up and smell the honeysuckle sunlight. Bite into a warm Saturday afternoon and let its nectar drip through your fingers. Listen for the taffeta skirts of June brides, the lazy bark of a dog-day afternoon, the silent pause between twilight and full night. Go barefoot on a hot sidewalk and feel it bake the ache out of your winter. Track the shadow journey of your plane over a lonely farm far below or watch the wind ruffle the long grass of a field. Make Coppertone your pheromone and climbing roses your “Stairway to Heaven.” Caress the sun-filled curves of a hometown tomato and wed it to smoky slices of bacon bedded on butter lettuce. I now pronounce you BLT. Let your eyes make love to aquamarine pools, whipped-cream clouds and bold gold sunflowers. Have a sensational summer!
Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Ali Douglass
“Lose your mind and come to your senses.” Fritz Perls