On Wednesday, I experienced yet another reminder that the America we see playing out on the airwaves and interwebs is not the real America. Despite how politicians, news personalities, and online influencers portray the country, the facts on the ground seem to suggest something far different.
My significant other and I have been visiting a small town in Union Parish, located in northern Louisiana. It is a very rural area and about as beautiful as beautiful can get.
The weather here has been wild, to say the least, just as it is in other parts of the country. While it is not as chilly as other areas, we have had snow this week, which has made the roads more than a little treacherous.
We were driving home after night fell at a pace that would have elicited a middle finger from an old lady if there weren’t sheets of snow and ice on the road. During the trip, which had my heart beating…
