Story 642: Midsummer or Mid-Summer?

(Friend 1 and Friend 2 sit in beach chairs facing a lake in a park and read beach-read books) Friend 1: (Lowers the book to watch a duck land in the water and start taking a bath; to Friend 2) When is Midsummer anyway? Friend 2: (Without looking up from reading) Northern Hemisphere or Southern? Friend 1: Ha-ha. (After a few moments of silence) Northern. Friend 2: (Sets aside the book and takes out…