The August Slow-Down

Across most northern countries, August is the slow-down month. People take vacations. They sip gin-and-tonics beside a lake, a river, or the ocean. They read or chat amiably outdoors in deck chairs and don’t move much in the heat of the day. Evenings are for messy barbeques or lobsters on picnic tables, with corn and tomatoes–and a roll of paper towels for napkins.

This will be a strange, quiet August for most of us. But it’s still time for a rest-and-refresh, time to hit the reset button. So no more blog posts until September comes.

Enjoy yourselves, my friends! And when we turn the calendar into fall, be prepared to tell me what you did on your summer vacations!