The new year was said to begin in darkness, in the northern traditions. Last night was thus the evening when our dead could roam the earth, and we could acknowledge…
San Antonio is not in the West, according to Janet’s air conditioning. It is, however, still very friendly–and humid. The Border Patrol officer at Uvalde, who seemed to find us…
I understand why some cultures made it a sin to refuse hospitality to a stranger. And now I’m enjoying the hospitality of Sam Walton, in a parking lot in Gardnerville,…