By Ann Bennett
Summer is impossibly short in the mountains of New Hampshire. Here in the third week of July I am acutely aware that while evenings still stretch towards nine o'clock, daylight fades more quickly than it did just a month ago. The day length, in fact, has been reduced by 30 minutes since June's Solstice. Of course, some folks dread the dog days of August, and are looking forward to September. But that would not be me, particularly in a summer that was so slow getting started.
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