Glimmers and flashes of the mountains, canyons, and high desert country in Idaho. The place standing of big pines,. Only a few weeks earlier. The entire prairie had burst. Into an ocean of violet-blue. Now, clutching her fire-hardened digging stick,. She lifts the soil beneath the withered. Brown remains of a quamash. And brings up the fat tuber,. A special gift from the gods.

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A symphony concerning the Phonaesthetics of the English language. I wish it were possible to re-read my favourite books and experience them as I did that first time. The wonder, the excitement, the heartbreak. I want that first time with a book again. He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.