“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” –

“Blueberries is one of the great forces o’ good in the world.” – James A. Owen, Here, There Be Dragons

“August is like the Sunday of summer.”   Super day trip: Iroquois Indian Museum/Secret Caverns Here’s a day trip I

Stargaze to music, design a game, make wampum, ID butterflies, skate for diversity or see kids sort out racial strife

Make a music video, check out chalk art or be a summer-camper-for-a-day   “You’re indescribable. We writers spend our lives

Don a costume for Saugerties Comic Con, drum & dance at “A day in Africa” or paint a mural in

“Do what we can, summer will have its flies.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson   FRIDAY, JULY 8 Dutchess County Hot

“Perseverance and Spirit have done Wonders in all ages.” – President George Washington   Revolt with the Huguenots, stalk some

Go fish for free, design a cookie, ride a steamboat or dig for diamonds   “I never worry about diets.

Build a birdhouse with your dad or camp overnight at a nature center “A perfect summer day is when the