I shared something with a colleague this morning, and he said, “You should put that on the Corner.” I said, “Well, I don’t think so — it may sound too snobby.” And he said, “When did that ever stop you?” (No, he didn’t, but I wouldn’t have blamed him if he had.)

Anyway, what I told him was this: I had a funny thought when I landed at the Denver airport, a few days ago. I looked out over the plain to the Rocky Mountains. And I said (to myself), “If I hadn’t just spent three weeks in the Cévennes and the Austrian Alps, I’d be impressed.”

(Apologies to all Denverites.)