The S Word

Here we see a view of one of the most famous back porches in America, that of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
I spent a couple days traveling through Virginia before the Nebula Weekend, and one day— while Kathy was visiting a school chum in Charlottesville— I decided to go off in search of history.
I started with Monticello, and I tried to program my smartphone to give me directions. I thumbed in “Monticello Charlottesville Va.,” and was then asked, “Do you mean 1201 Monticello Lane, 1202 Montic...