When David Forsyth invited me back to chat with him for another podcast, he mentioned that he was sick of COVID19 and instead wanted to discuss my novel, Abducting Arnold. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and I think David did, too, as we escaped to the 18th century and a Revolutionary America that prized liberty—prized it so much, in fact, that farmers and shopkeepers endured the trauma of war in the midst of an epidemic of smallpox. So far as I know, not a single person posted a sign anywhere hectoring folks to keep their anti-social distance or wear a mask. … Continue reading A Cheap and Easy Staycation