All the great diarists took the summer off

Antique aircraft at Blakesburg, Iowa, for example

All the great diarists brought their work to abrupt ends. Clara Clemens’ teenage “autobiography” of her famous father ended in mid-sentence when she was called to dinner one day on a European vacation. Samuel Pepys called it off one day in 1669 when he became worried about his eyesight.

I’m taking the summer off to travel around a bit. Too many great sights loom ahead, and I tell myself that with a career of deadlines behind me, it’s some kind of masochism to be giving myself more of them.

Have a good one, all.

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