Description:

"At last it was a quiet ecstacy to leave it all, to walk back into the hills and home." These collected writings, composed over a period of years by the author, reflect a gentle satisfacton with the second half of life and with the bucolic existance of his home is the Ozark hills. Content ranges from travel writings to private reflections on a variety of topics. Many pieces have a historical angle, reflecting earlier times in the area surrounding the author's home in rural Missouri. Love of the land and animals is felt in these reflections, along with a sense of place at scenic Rock Eddy Bluff Farm in the Ozark hills.