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Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
Summer is not obligatory. We can start an infernally hard jigsaw puzzle in June with the knowledge that, if there are enough rainy days, we may just finish it by Labor Day, but if not, there's no harm, no penalty. We may have better things to do.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Nancy Gibbs
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Nancy Gibbs: documented birth year 1960; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6962706, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6962706 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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