Hi friends! What’s going on in your world this week? Chet and I are putting plans in place for an October trip to Louisiana. (Remember this? We’re hoping to hit up Festivals Acadiens again. Mmmmm, crawfish potatoes!) Hope your day is spectacular, and if you’re in an internet-y mood, here are 12 links to keep you clicking…
Customs that are totally normal in some countries, but weird everywhere else.
The agony and ecstasy of dating at a strict Christian college.
Re-tracing a rail adventure across half the continent to Haight-Ashbury.
Archaeologists are discovering how fugitive slaves kept their freedom deep in the swamps.
Why do tourists visit ancient ruins everywhere except the United States?
Stacy London on ageing and style.
Extreme hunger is tearing apart Venezuela.
Mother Teresa: Martyr or Myth?
Ann M. Martin talks The Babysitters Club and rebooting another children’s series.
Why doesn’t Keeping Up With the Kardashian’s show nannies?
The consequences of monetizing your bliss.
Finding delight. 
I spent my first two years of college at a strict Christian College, but definitely not as strict as the one in that article! Wow.