It Was A Good Moment, The Kind

I Believe That If We Are Going To Write About Life And Death, We Should Not Do It From The Cheap Seats.

The Haitians, Who Knew Something About Suffering And Survival, Had A Beautiful Phrase... The Translation Is Not Perfect, But The Nut Of It Was: 'the Season Of Pain Is Never Over Until The Sky Begins To Cry.

Momma Kept A Garden, Which Sounds Romantic To People Who Have Never Held A Hoe

Like Most Men, Jimmy Jim Was Neither All Good Nor All Bad. It Is Just That When He Was Bad, Gentler People Saw In Him A Disturbing Fury. People, A Lot Them, Don't Understand Fury. They Understand Anger And Even Hatred, But Fury Is One Of Those Old Words That Have Gone Out Of Style. Jimmy Jim Bundrum Understood It. It Rode His Shoulder Like A Parrot.

These Were People... Who Built Redwood Decks On Their Mobile Homes And Have No Idea That Smart-aleck Yankees Think That Is Somehow Funny. People Of The Pines. My People.