Apr. 24 "All things must pass." (A philosophy I did NOT adhere to back when I was a teacher, by the way.) So our travels for this year have ended as they began, in the cold. We spent last evening in Hamburg, PA., and the temperature went down to 36 during the night. Fortunately, we have heat in the coach, so we were toasty, watching the movie "Nebraska" on the DVD. Highly recommended by the way, despite the fact that it is filmed in black and white. I usually refuse to watch b+w movies, on stubborn principle. Which is why I still haven't seen the Oscar-winning best picture from a few years ago "The Artist". (In my defense, it is silent, black and white, and stars a Frenchman. Strike one, strike two, and strike three, n'est-ce pas?). But last night, I made an exception, and I'm glad I did. Bruce Dern and Will Forte both deserve Oscars for their portrayals of a father and his grown son trying to finally connect on a quixotic road trip at the end of the old man's life. I guess I could relate, though I'm not quite at the end of my life; and I'm traveling with my wife, not my son. But I do often fail to make the connection.