Popped up to Atlanta this weekend. Lovely city. Very civilized , despite lots of churches, perhaps because of.... Here it is, a duck's eye view.

Did you know (I certainly didn't) that between 1714 and 1774, over 600,000 Scots came to America, mostly to the south. The Revolutionary War wasn't America versus the English, it was a rehash of the Scottish rebellion, only this time the Scots won. If you don't believe that, consider this. 9 out of Washington's 10 generals were Scots Presbyterian ministers. So maybe civilized Atlanta is a Scots phenomenon, then again maybe not, especially if they all came from Glasgow. Oops, did I just type that? Nothing wrong with the Scots, I love Robbie Burns (then again he didn't come from Glasgow).