If it is a great joy for me to see how much my dogs, blog and photos can lighten the corners of some lives, it is discouraging to watch Americans having breakfast in hotels and motels. They bring their laptops and cell phones, there are screens everywhere, projecting bad news from all over the world into our consciousness every second of every day. To Maria and I, breakfast is a time to talk, to get set for the day, to review the day before.

My readings are intensely connective, people driving long distances to meet us and talk with us, very uplifting, meaningful, rewarding. Breakfasts are just the opposite, images of a disconnected country forgetting how to talk to one another or to other people, digesting hysterias and confrontations through their very consciousness. Soon we will be on the road.