  It was H-O-T all week.    So, on the solstice we managed a few
fun activities. Finally.  Being a season-lover for some strange
reason (strange only because I was born and raised in San Diego,
land of no clear or drastic seasons), I've honestly been wanting
to celebrate the solstice for a really long time now, but each
year it somehow slips by in our beginning-of-the-season-busy-
ness without our being able to welcome it properly. It's also
not a tradition I was raised with, so reading up on it,
establishing our own new favorites, and getting a feel for it
is...well, a little more daunting.  But this year we were
actually able to catch our breath and slow down enough to decide
on some specific ways to honor summer. Magic wands being on the
top of the list. I mean, what better way to celebrate the end of
a full school-year cycle (our first year home-un-schooling) than
to remind ourselves of the magic that we each bring to the
picture.  And I'm always interested in simple, green, frugal
activities for the kids