Ok, it took me FOREVER to finish reading this book. I have an old paperback copy that has really teensy tiny print and it is faded and the paper darkened and I guess maybe my eyes aren’t what they used to be and one of the bulbs was out in my light fixture in the bedroom where I usually read . . . Ah, but we actually got a reading light for me and all is well.

I truly and purely enjoyed this book. He experiences his landscape in a way we could all experience our landscapes except few of us do. Thus, he inspires me. And he tickles me. And his prescience astounds me.

And did you know he specified that corn on the cob be served at his party to be held after he died. You just have to totally respect that.