Locals call it “The Road to Nowhere,” but its official name is Lakeview Drive.

When a country erupted in civil war, authorities conscripted a man into military service. However, he objected: “I don’t want any part in destroying [my country].”

Early winter 1941. The Sunday service had just concluded. As their father lingered at the little north-country church, my dad and his siblings walked the short distance home.

On a road trip to Montana one summer, we stopped at a rest area to stretch our legs.

Thomas de Mahy was one of many aristocrats executed by rioting mobs during the French Revolution of the late eighteenth century.

My friend Christine and her husband sat down to dinner at their aunt and uncle’s house.