Rivers Run Through Our History And Folklore,

For A While There, I Was A Stringer. The Expression Comes From The Old Habit Of Stringing Together The Column Inches That You Had Written. They'd Measure It And Pay You 10 Cents An Inch For Your Printed Copy.

It Does No Harm Just Once In A While To Acknowledge That The Whole Country Isn't In Flames, That There Are People In The Country Besides Politicians, Entertainers, And Criminals.

It's That Enthusiasm, That Passion For What You're Doing, That Is Most Important.

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.

The Mississippi River Carries The Mud Of Thirty States And Two Provinces 2,000 Miles South To The Delta And Deposits 500 Million Tons Of It There Every Year. The Business Of The Mississippi, Which It Will Accomplish In Time, Is Methodically To Transport All Of Illinois To The Gulf Of Mexico.