All books are travel books

All books are travel books, in this sense – or at least they should be; they exist to transport the reader to some place geographically or emotionally distant from their own, setting them on a journey that will expand their horizons and leave them transformed.

Catherine Marshall, Travelling by the book along Virginia’s Tinker Creek

no good deed goes unpunished

This weekend, David and I caught up with the neighbor who had posted signs on our land. We had him remove them, in our presence, and he asked us to put the signs up on various trees as we walked back toward the road. His arm is in a sling, and he said he really appreciated our help and our understanding. Go figure. This afternoon he took a warrant for David's arrest for trespassing after having been told not to. What a complete jerk. This guy's antics are getting to be a royal pain.