Mary, a Catholic visiting from the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, only speaks Malayalam (a palindrome) but told of mountains and greenery far grander than Stone Mountain back home, according to her brother Matthew (back row center), who's married to Anne. When I asked Anne how she knew everyone (was she possibly their U.S. host?), she laughed and admitted marrying into "this crazy Indian family!" How fitting that Malayalam more or less means “hill region” or “mountainous region.”   —   #ഐ അം ദി മൌണ്ടിൻ