I was hoping to find regular people as I got further south of Paris. And yes, it exceeded my expectations. This town, Sancerre, has not really been a tourist hotspot,…

Soul sickness counts for a sick day, or should. I have not called in sick for over six months, since I started my job, and I do not receive paid…

Billings, Montana should be a hardworking petroleum-and-cattle town. There were gun shops, old west casinos, auto services, the oil refinery (we’d started passing oil wells near the state line), and…

I saw a buffalo playing! And the cowboy mystique is real in Wyoming. I’d fallen asleep to pelting rain on Janet’s little skylight, but woke to blue sky and sunshine!…