{"id":4078,"date":"2026-03-20T04:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:25:35","slug":"heat-what-heat-how-rr-authors-handle-the-summer-swelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/20\/heat-what-heat-how-rr-authors-handle-the-summer-swelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat? What heat? ~ How RR Authors Handle the Summer Swelter"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s summer. Maybe not officially for another couple of weeks, but you wouldn’t know that from where I’m sitting – sweltering in the deep south of the US.<\/p>

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So I asked the Regency Reflections authors what they did to beat the heat.<\/p>\n

Ruth Axtell<\/strong><\/span>:
\nHeat? What heat? I live in downeast Maine. We’re lucky if it ever hits 80 in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you grumble, just think about how much snow she has to dig through in the winter…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Thermometer<\/a>
via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camy Tang<\/strong><\/span>:
\nIced tea! I make Muscat or Momo tea (extra strong) from Lupiciausa.com and then chill in the fridge or pour over ice, and I make a sugar syrup rather than just using dry sugar, because it seems to make it taste better. Then a squirt of a lime wedge and I’m set!<\/span><\/p>\n

Laurie Alice Eakes<\/strong><\/span>:
\nI stay inside as much as possible and drink lots of lemon water. Standard water with lots of ice and a wedge of lemon or lime.<\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Karsten<\/strong><\/span>:
\nI enjoy jumping off our boat (clad in swimsuit) — we usually boat on the deepest, coldest lake in our state, and the water is super-refreshing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristi Ann Hunter<\/strong><\/span>:
\nAir conditioning. If the kids want to play outside, they’d better do it before 11AM because I’m not stepping outside without a darn good reason after that. Ironically my desk sits against an AC vent so I’m usually working with a blanket over my legs, but I’m not about to turn it off.<\/p>\n

What about you? Is it hot where you are? What do you do to stay comfy and cool in the summer?<\/p>\n

Originally posted 2014-06-16 05:00:00. <\/small><\/p>

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It’s summer. Maybe not officially for another couple of weeks, but you wouldn’t know that from where I’m sitting – sweltering in the deep south of the US. So I asked the Regency Reflections authors what they did to beat the heat. Ruth Axtell: Heat? What heat? I live in downeast Maine. We’re lucky if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4080,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4078\/revisions\/4080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}