August 15, 2002
The Old Philosopher's Almanac of Paris
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| From Chatelet. 10 Aout. |
June, July average temperature was in the neighborhood of 70. I came with just a couple of "pullover" items and I wore them often. We were prepared for a hot August. Nothing doing. The French have been complaining for the last two weeks how it was not "summer" enough. I have been smiling as the sometimes-cloudy skies have kept things cool and easy-going. Beautiful evenings; not quite hot enough for shorts (only Americans and Germans wear them anyway), and not cold enough for jackets.
We spent last weekend at the Jardin de Luxembourg, doing some french exercises in the shade of a big tree.
Facing up to the facts, however, the northern latitude will soon bring its disadvantage: darkness at noon, to quote Koestler, but more like increasingly early evenings. I am told this is a gloomy place in the heart of winter, and perhaps that is true.
We will be gone by then. Though we have extended the stay: at least through September, and perhaps through October. There's really no reason to be back in the US just now (and if there will be war, terrorism, recession, and so on, perhaps not for a little while).
Posted by amol at August 15, 2002 02:46 PM