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First, invite your family down for the day;

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squeeze out some fresh lemonade;

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and fry up a free-range chicken.

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Then mix up some cream, sugar, and fresh berries (plus just a pinch of that lemon juice to bring out the flavor);

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pack ice and salt around it;

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and start crankin’.

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Let everyone pitch in—the longer you churn, the harder it’ll get.

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Finally, when even teamwork won’t turn that handle, you’re ready.

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And hey, presto—

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summer in a bowl.

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If all that ice cream gives you a chill, just head for the hot shop;

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gather around the fire;

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and bask in the perfect day you made.

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Item number 4,732 from The Grand To-Do List:

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Hike to the very tippity-tip of Cape Flattery,
the northwesternmost point of the continental States,

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stand leaning into the wind and rain, back to the trees,
discovering how sea stars and cormorants spend their Mondays,

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gazing out to open sea with the spray crashing in your ears,
erosion and subduction shaping the world beneath your very feet,

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and all three thousand land-mass miles extending behind you:

Check.