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The grandfather of someone I knew filled ice trays with pesto made from the basil in his garden so that in the cold crust of winter he could pull a tray from the freezer, twist out a green-black cube, soften it with heat, and return to sitting shirtless at the table on the patio, limbs loosened. The buttery warmth, harvested and jarred, and spread on bread in winter. There’s warmth enough to look up when the sun’s down. And the sense, in summer, that there’s time enough to do so, too, time enough for all of it, in a languid, damp, and heat-fuzzed way. An atmosphere of, I’ll get to it but right now, a beer before dinner and warmth on bare legs and everything can just go a little slower for a moment. The light lasts forever, life lasts forever. Do you feel young? I promise, the start of summer whispers, you are young.

| Nina MacLaughlin, The Start of Summer
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Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen
thats how the light gets out
thats how the light gets out
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
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