Before I head out to the market this morning, I thought I’d check in. I spend most of my days reading early American history–colonial Pennsylvania, the settlement of the Ohio River Valley, the cultural patterns in U.S. party politics. I now see what a huge advantage it is to think about America without having to ingest all of its nonsense daily. Meantime, my morning visits to the market here in Madrid have opened up a whole new world to me. Mostly, I enjoy meeting and learning from all the vendors. That reminds me, I promised to go see María the cheesemonger today. I’ll soon get around to posting a 5,000-word essay on New England cultural imperialism that I wrote a while back. Until, then, Cheers!
