1. Yellow school buses exist outside cartoons.
2. Country and western is the muzak of choice.
3. There are rocking chairs in Boston airport. (Apparently this phenomenon is widespread.)
4. Small acts of generosity can move me to tears.
5. Almost any meal can be brought home in a box.
6. There are more pine trees in the world than I ever believed possible.
7. Plaid shirts and knee-length beards are not just worn in movies.
8. The protecting circle that forms around a solo female traveller, in a city, in a gathering, in a family, is something to behold.
9. A wooden building, even a long established one, still smells of forest.
10. It gets really hot.