Computer/connection more than a bit wonky over the last several days. Might need to do another rebuild.
Bayreuth season opens tonight, I think. Hope springs eternal. Though mostly in the countries to the north. As for the professor in Vanya or any number of migrants from Africa or the Middle East making their way through the forests -- the picture of a Swedish cabin, that notion of northern civilizations, can exert a peculiar fascination in midsummer in southern Europe.