> (Please don’t talk about the weather. Ugh.) The author must not be from where I am (the midwest). Weather is actually interesting there, and important to mos

> (Please don’t talk about the weather. Ugh.) The author must not be from where I am (the midwest). Weather is actually interesting there, and important to most people. I remember spending hours talking about the weather, even with strangers, who became friends; it's one reason why I kept going back to the same family restaurant 30 minutes away, or why we stayed with our ferrier and feed provider. Now that I live in the American west, weather is much less interesting, and people judge it to be small talk. It's too bad, but I guess I'll just talk to people about travel now.