![Robert Dighton. The Months—August (c.1785). Victoria & Albert Museum, London](http://studiomatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ART410161.jpg)
It is the middle of August. It is time to let be, call off words awhile. Time to close the computer, let scattered notes lie, and lift a glass to the sweetness of ordinary life. Time to be still.
See you in September.
![Francis Donkin Bedford. At the Fishmarket (c.1900). Illustration from E.V. Lucas, Book of Shops.](http://studiomatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ART99698.jpg)
It is the middle of August. It is time to let be, call off words awhile. Time to close the computer, let scattered notes lie, and lift a glass to the sweetness of ordinary life. Time to be still.
See you in September.
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