Hello, summer! Get ready for refreshing pool parties, much-needed trips to West Marin and its beaches to escape the heat, backyard barbecues, the ever-exciting Marin County Fair and oh-so-much more. What does summer mean to you? What’s your favorite summer memory? What’s your perfect summer day? What are you doing this summer? Whatever comes to mind, I’d love to know. Please make it a six-word story, a personal short story, with a beginning, middle and end — not six adjectives, not a cliche and not advice. Make us laugh or cry or at the least feel something. For an example, here is the famous story attributed to, but not proven to be written by, Ernest Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” That’s quite the story! If you want your story to run in the IJ, please: • Write “Six-word story” in the subject line • Send one six-word story. Just one • Include your full name and Marin town in the body of the email, no attachments • Write your short story in the body of the email, no attachments • Use proper punctuation and spelling • Use sentence style in one line • It should not rhyme • Do not submit six adjectives — that’s not a story Please send to lifestyles@marinij.com by July 19 and look for it in the July 30 lifestyles section and online.