August Ramblings: The French Art of Late-Summer Laziness, & a (Very Brief) Olympics Catch-Up

....plus, the Bordeaux wine bars that won my heart, & looking ahead to the real Parisian New Year

The posture of this old dude at Luxembourg garden approximates my current mood. Think, dream and reflect? Sure. Toil over syntax and grammar? Pas à ce point… (not so much). Image by Courtney Traub

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I have two small confessions to make. One, this time of year gives me little appetite for work— aside from, say, cooking— which I typically u…