Beautiful picture. My mom and her side of the family are from Bradley. She was disowned by them over a dispute about a hunting rifle after my grandfathers death. It’s a whole other world up there! Exploring the acres of woods, Spencer’s French vanilla ice cream, and being greeted by the rotting egg smell of the mill when we would go visit as kids are core memories for me.

Do you go around with a big toothy smile plastered on your face everywhere you go? I think I’d find that more off putting than someone’s neutral face. People have shit to do and enough to worry about without being judged for not smiling everywhere we go.