Summer Solstice 10:16 a.m.

I don't think I ever enjoyed summer so much as when I moved from the thick and depressing summer fog of the city to the East Bay where we have four seasons. Today marks the first day of summer. I swim almost daily, attend a couple free outdoor concerts a week and soon weekly free outdoor movies begin. I keep the house cool by keeping the sun out with shades, blinds and curtains, then when it's cooler outside than in I open the windows and blow in cooler air. We have two attic fans and multiple ceiling fans which work great. Weather is right on schedule: hot and the first spare-the-air day.