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Midsummer day’s dream: Using herbs at their peak

By Maureen Gilmer, Scripps Howard News ServiceThey call it midsummer’s day, the summer solstice or simply the “longest day of the year.” Under any name, June 21 marks the point when days cease to grow longer. The sun sets sooner each evening and the natural world senses this change in the environment.Old European pagans considered…