Tags - Summer
Shelley Simpson
Aug21
Endless Summer
Posted By : Shelley Simpson

The end of summer? I’ve heard people talk about it for weeks even as the temperatures stayed up in the 80s.    For some, summer “ends” when school starts. For others, Labor Day or the end of rental season in the Hamptons (a New York thing) marks "the end."   When I was a kid the summer seemed to go on forever; now the months seem to fly by between

Shelley Simpson
Jun26
Convenience
Posted By : Shelley Simpson

I love summer - fresh air coming through open windows! I’ve always seen air conditioning as an unnecessary convenience – not good for the environment and not necessary for me.    When we lived in Florida, we were on the water and had the ocean breeze. I only turned on the a/c occasionally to dry things out and prevent mildew.   In my UWS apartment,