As our mega heat wave continues to intensify here in the mid-Atlantic, moronic sun-worshippers everywhere welcome the longest day. Summer arrives in the Northern Hemisphere at 4:40 p.m. EDT.
We can thank these cheery gnomes, with their wooden clogs and domesticated insects, for all of our woes. Hail, His Majesty, the Sun!
We’re entering our third day of an early summer heat wave here on the East Coast. (You’d think it would have at least had the courtesy to wait for summer.)
How did America’s greatest composer keep cool? Following on the heels of yesterday’s free-spirited photo of Igor Stravinsky, here’s a candid shot of Aaron Copland enjoying an ice cream cone.
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