Book Excerpt

... later that day on yet another garden tour, this one operated by the army, I got my first chance to irritate a soldier. I saw him standing in front of the garden’s attached museum and asked to take a picture together. I wanted to find out about life in the service and figured that’d be the best way to break the ice. Unfortunately he didn’t see it that way. Though relenting to the picture he wanted no part of a conversation. Once the picture was snapped Professor and I hustled out of there before the guy could trump up something to hassle us about. ...