Overwhelming humidity, the rural South, and a hurricane. I have experienced all three of these before, but always from a place of ease and safety, where I could step out,…
The “fountain of the belle eau” was the retreat of kings for about 800 years. And I just learned, showcased the beginning of the modern age in France. Two rulers of…
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…