From the Book - First edition.
The wonder of the look on her face --
The old typewriter in the basement --
The old Methodist church on Vashon Island --
Brian Doyle interviews Brian Doyle --
The way we do not say what we mean when we say what we say --
On not "beating" cancer --
The praying mantis moment --
The greatest nature essay ever --
The creature beyond the mountains --
Irreconcilable dissonance --
Everyone thinks that awful comes by itself, but it doesn't --
Lines hatched on the back porch of Eudora Welty's House in Jackson, Mississippi --
Joey's doll's other arm --
The room in the firehouse --
Selections from letters and comments on my writing --
A prayer for you and yours --
The tender next minute --
His holiness the Dalai Lama, manifestaion of Chenrezig, bodhisattva of compassion, stops the car along the road to watch children play soccer --
What were once pebbles are now cliffs --