Traffic in Paradise

That old familiar feeling.  Creeping along toward the bridge.  Lane drop. Except it's not the Kosciuszko but the Calvin Coolidge and I am headed not into Maspeth, but Northampton, Mass.

Tuned in to the local NPR station for a debt ceiling update--or downdate--I catch this bit of dialog, very apropos to the Happy Valley: "We want to hear your stories of giving birth to music." [You do?] "Surprise us." [Believe me, I'd be more surprised than you.]

I'll add the following photo from my trip to Hampshire College. Supply your own punch line: