On a Clear Night : Essays from the Heartland.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Oh, Youth! -- Marching Away -- Climbing into the Ring -- Going to the Dance -- Driving Lessons -- Waiting Up -- Road Shows Remembered -- Back to School Blues -- The Sound of Peace -- Listen To What I Hear -- Comes an Echo on the Breeze -- Changing Course -- Forever Friends -- Still Afloat at Fifty -- Synchronized Heartbeats -- No Place to Run -- Shuffle and Deal -- Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight -- Old Friends -- Comfort and Joy -- Windy Day Wreckage -- Blest Be The Ties That Bind -- Dance Lessons -- Mission Impossible -- Language of Love -- Making of a Mother-in-Law -- Christmas Windows -- Partings Well Made -- Moving Muriel -- Barn Wood Harvest -- In Waiting -- Becoming a Grandmother -- Learning Curves -- Rip Van Winkle Returns to School -- Technology Aversion -- Washed-Up Dishwasher -- Cubby Bear Bliss -- Sailing Away -- Leap of Faith -- Child-Rearing Changes -- Owner's Manual -- Downward Dogs -- Cross-Country Skiing -- Bum Knee -- Grateful Hearts -- Christmas Rose -- Giving Thanks -- Swinging along the Open Road -- Dancing with Vera -- You've Got Mail -- Heaven in a Wildflower -- In Search of a Silver Lining -- Looking for Rainbows -- Under The Milky Way -- Midnight Crossing -- Recycled Dump Days -- Birdsong -- Child of Nature -- Willie the Wolf and Other Wildlife -- Loon Ranger -- Night Skies Beckon -- Listening for Wolves -- Swimming across Big Water -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.

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