Coffee By The Swedish Lake

And: Monks Vs. Hillbillies; Banning Ukrainian Church; The Tom Holland Train

I’m on my way home to Budapest from a conference in rural Sweden, where the weather — in mid-August — was cool enough this morning to require a scarf! To spend summer in Sweden — wow, what a treat that would be.

This house they have us in is a 1960s Modernist mansion that you can rent as a conference space. It is a monument to Boomers. There are photos…