Actually, it won’t be a full week, as I leave Friday to see what everyone’s talking about. If the blog doesn’t resume the week of the 22nd, we can all safely assume I decided to stay and start my novel. Here’s what Willa Cather (of all people!) has to say about it:

“Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.”