Unlike My Grandfather Or My Brother, I've

And May The Best Of You - For It Will Only Be The Best Of You, And Even Then Only In The Rarest And Briefest Moments - Succeed In Framing That Most Basic Of Questions, 'how Do We Live?'

Some People Die Before Their Time So That Others Can Live. It's A Cornerstone Of Civilization.

I've Always Been An Avid Reader. Everyone In My Family Read A Lot. Considering We Were From A Little Town, We Were Pretty Literate.

My Father Could Be Very Distancing. My Clearest Memory Is Of Him Squatting, Watering Plants For Hours And Hours At A Time, Completely Silent. He Was Very Self-contained; My Mother Was More Outgoing And Chatty And Social. I'm Certainly More Like Her.

Of Course It's Trivial, But Then Most Things Are.