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…

For eight dollars a night, don’t expect more than simple pleasures. The kind of which are probably disappearing, as being too readily available to poor folk and people with kids…

Have you heard the term ‘escape velocity’? It’s about 59 miles per hour. Or less, as Janet chugged up and over the Cascade Mountains yesterday. Everything I thought I might…

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,…