Everything that’s not murder, politics or business is, potentially, a feature story. Depends on the editor and assignment.

You learn a lot of trivia from “soft news” …the French monogram forks and spoons on the back; the English the front …when meeting royalty and religious figures, nod, place hands together upward, or, curtsey …. pasta is cooked with salt and no oil….. water makes you weep, wine makes you sing so drink wine.

A hand-written note on proper stationary counts.