This blog is away on a short vacation. See you mid-to-late July.

A bicycle parking lot in downtown Amsterdam roughly this time last year. But
I'm not going there this year. It's simply that I thought this would be a good
opportunity to wonder aloud how the hell you find your bike again after you
park it there. Or how you dislodge it. (Photo by The New York Crank.)

I'm outta here for a few days. I'm heading for a place where the grass is green, the air is fresh, the sky is visible from the ground, and I misspent part of my youth.

More about that place — maybe — when I get back. Look for another post here about the 16th or the 17th of the month. 

Meanwhile, I won't be moderating any comments during my vacation. Which means that if you try to post your thoughts here, they'll remain in unposted limbo until I get home and unpack.

Hey, it's not the end of the world. If the urge to comment on something is really buzzing furiously in your bonnet, you'll find a list of other fine blogs on the right side of your screen. Most of them permit posting. 

Actually, there are very fine blogs on both sides. Not of the page. I'm talking about the political spectrum. And if it seems to you that I'm babbling, that's why I need a vacation.

'Bye for a little while.