Hard to come back from North Carolina, where the grass smells sweet and the air is cool and dry. In Florida it’s all mosquitoes and humidity these days. I read Wiley Cash’s spooky novel A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME, which is set in the mountains of western North Carolina and made for a fantastic addition to the trip. Also Roald Dahl, Richard Ford and Paul Harding. Thanks, gentlemen.

Here’s a friend we came across on a trail walk: