Hailing from Houston, Texas and then from Sedona, Arizona, I currently live in a small eastern North Carolina town with only 400 residents. There’s a lot of agriculture, the fields of purple sage are especially nice as well as the red poppies along the highway. I live here with my father who is approaching 98 years old, and he and I exchange unfinished crossword puzzles to see who can finish first. So far, he is winning.