A NOTE TO MY READERS
For nearly
eight years I have religiously published an essay each week--without the
slightest justification in religion or anything else. You may have wondered how anybody could have
so little better to do. I myself have
certainly pondered in that direction.
But now I am about to set off on a European trip devoted as exclusively
to hedonism as is safe for the octogenarian constitution. I am not of the generation for whom
schlepping laptops about is second nature, and all our phones are as dumb as I
am. The Internet Café hardly exists
anymore, and you can perhaps imagine the clientele of the few remaining
specimens.
Hence I am
unilaterally declaring September “Blogger Cop Out” month. Since I shall have a great deal of work
facing me when I return—and therefore will need as many excuses as possible to
avoid it—I shall probably gladly resume then.
Best wishes to all my friends in the “Back to School” world. One of the purest pleasures of retirement is
taking off for the Côte d’Azur just as so many associates, colleagues,
children, and grandchildren are facing a new semester.
