Rivers Run Through Our History And Folklore,

I Could Tell You Which Writer's Rhythms I Am Imitating. It's Not Exactly Plagiarism, It's Falling In Love With Good Language And Trying To Imitate It.

I Don't Think One Should Ever Come To My Stage Of Life And Have To Look Back And Say, Gosh. I Wish I Hadn't Spent All Those Years Doing That Job I Was Never Really Interested In.

Most Of Those Old Settlers Told It Like It Was, Rough And Rocky. They Named Their Towns Rimrock, Rough Rock, Round Rock, And Wide Ruins, Skull Valley, Bitter Springs, Wolf Hole, Tombstone. It's A Tough Country. The Names Of Arizona Towns Tell You All You Need To Know.

I Much Preferred The Peaceful Life On The Road, Where I Didn't Have To Ask Embarrassing Questions And Do All The Things Real Reporters Have To Do.

It's Best To Leap Into Something You Know You Love. You Might Change Your Mind Later, But That Is The Privilege Of Youth.