It’s hard to believe this is my tenth annual summer list, but as it’s the first official day of summer, here are my latest thoughts for enjoying summer to the fullest: 1. Adjust or rewrite a life goal or summer list item, because sometimes, you might look up and discover you are flat out wrong, […]
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The 9th Annual Summer List
Well, I’m happy to have an exciting update on my attempt to complete one of the items on last year’s Annual Summer List. Suggestion #4 was to read a book you’ve “spent your whole life avoiding†and even “cringing at.†I mentioned that mine was Moby Dick. This choice, y’all, was not without cause: After […]
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The Summer List for 2017
It’s officially summer and therefore time for the annual summer list of 2017. Years ago, I started making lists of things I wanted to do during the summer to fully celebrate the start of the season, things like making a pitcher of pink lemonade and napping in a hammock. The list has grown over the […]
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The Summer List for 2015
Every year I create a list of small ways to celebrate the summer season, a practice of mine that dates back to my Chicago days. When I began blogging, I started posting my lists and trying to come up with a fresh series of ideas each year. However, after only coming up with three new […]
The Summer List for 2013
It’s time for my annual summer list, the list I make every summer of things I want to make a point to do during the course of the summer. My lists for 2011 and for 2012 have included everything from pitchers of pink lemonade to full days spent on a tube in the Atlantic. Each […]
Summer Lists
I love, love, love summer. I really do. In some ways, I think I even loved it more, or at least appreciated it more when I lived in Chicago, because the season was, in my opinion, short-lived. This is one of many reasons why I love living in Carolina now. Here by the coast, I […]