Except for the
bamboo mats,
DMan's description of summer in
China sounds awfully like
summer in
North Carolina when I was little -- we had the electric
fans (as well as hand-held
cardboard ones, which used to be distributed by
businesses as an
advertising gambit), sun-brewed
tea, and
watermelon. Sitting out on the
porch in the
twilight, talking, quilting.
I would add: swimming (lake, ocean, stream, pool, whatever), or running through the output of a hose or sprinkler. Sucking on a piece of ice. And the South is where both Coca-Cola and Pepsi were invented, as well as regional drinks like Cheerwine.