“I work a lot in the summers. My family goes to Maine, where we have a little house. My wife's a writer, too, and we can write for six hours a day and then play with the kids.” WritingLittlesPlayKidsHouseHoursWifeSixSummerMy FamilyMy WifeMaine Author:Ben Marcus
“A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.” PersonsDoneWholeCultureReadingCan DoSummerResearchMy FamilySpain Author:Maya Beiser
“In a mad moment, my family and I purchased a home in Maine because it's the place in the world that my wife loves better than any other place or any other human, and so I have committed my life and what had once been my economic security that has now returned to insecurity, to a patch of painful, rocky land on the shores of horrible, cold waters to a place where people go in the summer to experience autumn because leaves start falling on August 1.” PeopleWorldHumansMomentsHomeFallWaterLove IsWifeEconomicLandSecurityColdSummerMy FamilyMadPainfulCommittedMy WifeHorribleInsecurityAutumnShorePatchesAugustPlaces In The WorldMaineCold WaterEconomic SecurityWives Love Author:John Hodgman
“There's nothing better than a Nebraska summer so I wanted to live there in the summer time and visit my family and go to as many Nebraska games as I could.” WantedGamesSummerMy FamilyNebraskaSummer Time Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“I have a family and you know very well the time that that takes. That's good time. I have a couple hobbies. I'm a runner and play tennis. In the summer my family and I uproot ourselves and go live in Maine for the summer. We have a house on a very tiny island in Maine. Which is really my spiritual center. We've been going there for ten years, and it has no ferry service, no bridges, no telephone service. It's really isolated.” KnowsYearsWellsPlaySpiritualHouseCoupleTenSummerMy FamilyTinyBridgesIslandsTennisGood TimesIsolatedHobbiesRunnersTelephonesMaineFerry Author:Alan Lightman
“I've worked in almost every other place in Canada except Toronto, funny enough, where my husband's from. The first time I was here it was winter, and I got engaged. The second time I was here it was summer, and I was married. My family lives here, my stepson lives here, so it's a wonderful place. Everyone's very nice and hospitable, unlike Hollywood.” FirstsEnoughNiceWonderfulHusbandSummerMarriedFirst TimeMy FamilyHollywoodWinterEngagedCanadaMy HusbandFamily LifeVery NiceTorontoWonderful PlacesStepsons Author:Tori Spelling
“I started working myself from about 14, really, so I wasn't a burden on my family. I did a paper round and a milk round. When I was 15 or 16, I worked in a supermarket on Saturdays stacking shelves, and then every summer I temped, right through university until my working days started.” PaperSummerMy FamilyRoundsUniversityBurdenMilkShelvesSaturdaySupermarketsStacking Author:Sanjeev Bhaskar
“I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.” ThinkingLittlesWantedSchoolActingSawsCollegeMomSummerMy FamilyDecidedMy MomBoardsGovernorsHobbiesSingle Mom Author:Zachary Quinto
“My family lived off the land and summer evening meals featured baked stuffed tomatoes, potato salad, corn on the cob, fresh shelled peas and homemade ice cream with strawberries from our garden. With no air conditioning in those days, the cool porch was the center of our universe after the scorching days.” UniverseAirLandSummerGardenMy FamilyIceEveningMealsCreamIce CreamPotatoesCornConditioningSaladTomatoesStrawberriesPorchPeasHomemadeAir ConditioningScorchingSummer EveningPotato SaladCorn On The Cob Author:David Mixner
“As for my family, my father was Danel; he died as a mercenary in the southern wars," Han went on. "My mother's name was Sarah, called Sali, and my sister was Mari. They died last summer. But then, you already knew that. Every time you forget, I'll remind you. That's the blood sacrifice I made to be here, and that's enough.” MadeWarEnoughLastsMotherFatherNamesForgetSacrificeBloodSummerMy FamilyDiedSouthernMy SisterMercenaryLast SummerBlood Sacrifice Author:Cinda Williams Chima