Reply #22: If I still lived in Texas, this would have ached more than you can know

[tavalon]

I hated that state and I gave too many of my years to it. Now I live in Seattle, just a stone's throw away from Vancouver. It's much more civilized here, though the pockets of crazy and stupid are here too, if one but travels a few miles away from the metropolis. I envy you living in Canada. I'm sure to you it's no big deal, but to me, it seems mythical: a magical place where the stupid American does not go. Really, I know that isn't true, but............

Thank you again Nance, for saying what needs to be said and saying it well.