One unexpected, and welcome, outcome of the Covid-19 lockdown, under which we've been living for almost three months, is that it's given me time, and permission, to do some uninterrupted reading, and also let my mind wander, to fantasize even. And so, two weeks ago I finished Erik Larson's "The Splendid and the Vile," a 500-plus-page tome …
El Rancho Santa Clara 