Mine Is Not A Story To Tell

Somebody Says, 'do A Tom Bodett, A Folksy Kind Of Thing,' And It Sounds Like Something Out Of 'hee Haw,' Very Insulting. They Turn Wry Humor Into Disparaging Sarcasm, And You Get What Amounts To Insulting Advertising.

I'm Not An Impersonator. I've Only Got One Voice And Only Do One Guy And His First-person Essays.

Americans Are Generally Very Self-sufficient And I Think Generally Averse To Pretension, Just As I Am.

Like Most Alaska Immigrants, My Roots Continue To Petition For Equal Time.

It's Not Like Alaska Isn't Wilderness - It Mostly Is. But Most Alaskans Don't Live In The Wild. They Live On The Edge Of The Wild In Towns With Schools And Cable Tv And Stores And Dentists And Roller Rinks Sometimes. It's Just Like Anyplace Else, Only With Mountains And Moose.