INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Consider spending summer solstice away from home, at one of the key destinations where the summer solstice has been celebrated for centuries, or at the site of a solstice festival. Many countries, such as Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, hold summer festivals in which people dance around a midsummer Maypole and decorate their homes with greenery, flowers, and tree branches. Britain's Stonehenge is a must for the avid observer of the summer solstice, and thousands of people celebrate the day as the sun rises. Stonehenge aligns with the sunrise on the solstice, making for spectacular viewing. An ancient sun temple was discovered in 2006 in Cairo, Egypt. This partially uncovered site is the largest sun temple ever found in the capital's Ain Shams and Matariya districts, where the ancient city of Heliopolis the center of pharaonic sun worship was located. Consider visiting this landmark and participating in local summer solstice activities. Iceland hosts a "secret" three-day music festival on the solstice. In Russia, the solstice is celebrated by a three-month "White Nights" festival in which opera and ballet are performed. In Peru and Ecuador, the Incan Sun Festival takes place over the summer solstice. In the U.S., the Cleveland Museum of Art (in Ohio) has music performances and late-night viewings on the summer solstice, and a Summer Solstice Music Festival is hosted in Santa Barbara, California. Invite your friends and family to come celebrate the solstice with you. Go to local farms or markets and choose the freshest ingredients for your feast. Make dishes using items the color of the sun, like lemons, squash, papayas, corn, oranges, bananas, carrots, peppers, peaches, apricots, cantaloupe, pumpkin, mangoes, grapefruit, and sweet potatoes. Some, especially Pagans, light a candle or fire before sundown and keep it lit until the sun rises to ritually tend the sun's flame through the shortest night until the Wheel of the Year (the seasonal ritual cycle) turns toward the dark half of the year again at dawn. This serves as both celebration of the peak of light, and honoring of the gifts of the coming darkness as the days begin from this point to grow shorter.

SUMMARY: Plan to travel. Make a solstice feast. Keep a Solstice fire vigil.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Soaking the the garment in a slightly acidic solution will start to break down the gum and help release its grip on the fabric. You need only soak the gummed up portion of the garment, but you can also dunk the entire item if that is easier to do. The first option for soaking is lemon juice, either fresh-squeezed or bottled pure lemon juice. You can also use white vinegar, which may work even better if warmed. Let the garment soak until the gum begins to loosen from the garment, then scrape it away with the back of a butter knife. Rinse away the remaining juice or vinegar, then spot-clean (if necessary) and launder the garment as usual. No one would ever confuse hairspray and mayonnaise, but either one can be used as a gum-removal coating in a pinch. They may also be a bit messier than other methods, though. Coat the gum with aerosol hairspray, then let it dry. The gum will harden and be easier to scrape away. Work a healthy dab of mayo into the gum. The oils and acids in the mayonnaise will help break down and loosen the gum, and it should peel away much more easily. Rinse, spot-clean, and launder the garment as needed and recommended. Chewed gum may love to stick to cotton clothing, but if you give it an even more appealing option like something that is also sticky it may change its mind and move on without a fight. Mounting putty the kind used to hang dorm-room posters can be pressed over the gum. Once you get a good bond, peel the entire glob away. Also, you can add one more item to the long list of uses for duct tape. Lay a strip over the gum, smooth it over, then pull it off purposefully (somewhere between gently peeling and ripping it away). Once again, spot-clean and launder the garment as recommended.

SUMMARY: Give it a sour soak. Coat it. Fight sticky with sticky.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your body needs water to kick-start the healing process. As you are recovering from a chafing wound, it's even more important that you drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. If you exercise or do other strenuous activity, then you may need to drink even more to recover. Run a nice, cold bath. Pour in 2 cups of salts and wait for them to fully dissolve. Sit in the bath for around 15 minutes. The salts will help to clean and dry out your chafing wounds. They will also help you to relax and take your mind off the pain. A breathable fabric, such as cotton, will allow your skin to get enough air to stay dry and heal. Cotton also does not hold moisture against your skin, which will limit bacterial growth. You'll want your clothing to be loose, so that it won't stick to any injured areas. For example, instead of wearing a synthetic-fabric nightgown, try out cotton pajamas. If you notice that your skin is chafing and moist, get a towel and gently pat it dry. This is particularly important when caring for folded areas of skin, as moisture in these areas will promote skin breakdown. You can also dry your skin by aiming a blow dryer at it. If you are worried about your damaged skin chafing even further, either tape or roll a non-stick bandage over the skin. Keep the bandage fairly loose and change it every 2 hours or so. Giving your chafed skin the most air time possible is the best option, but a bandage will keep it cleaner.

SUMMARY:
Drink lots of water. Bathe in Epsom salts. Wear loose, cotton clothing. Keep your skin dry. Apply bandages over any open skin.