Extreme heat continues in France. The red alert level has been declared in 16 departments of the country.
Since yesterday the top floor of the Eiffel Tower has been closed to visitors because of the high temperature.
Abnormal heat is also being recorded in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Is it proper to say: Lord, thank you that it is already autumn in Moscow?
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
