Oh, Rasheed, I went whizzing past all these places, but you not only had time to examine them, water the roses, check out the newspaper office, but to make relationships with the locals and charm them into making you smile for the joy of it.

I’ve taken to walking a little with you each day:

Loving your story. Mind you, I do wonder how it will go when we get west of Oklahoma and a whole day's walking is just poking along a service road in a flat dry landscape.

B