Summer daze

Some of you may have noticed a hiatus over the last two or three weeks in the height of August. We've been reveling in the warm weather, and taking a few days off here and there. We're now all back, and trying to relish the AC rather than the heat. In my case at least, the AC of concern was more the Alternating Current; we spent a few days enjoying the simple life on one of the many Thimble Islands in Stony Creek, CT, where my wife's family have had summer homes for generations, and one of the delights or dilemmas was no mains electricity.