"The 77 essays in this book have been written by a man who has lived 84 years and an old cat that has shared his painting studio for a long time. There are no earth shaking events in them. Also, there are no murders, abusive husbands or wives, drunken drivers, blood spatters, cutup body parts, galloping horses, town tamers, or crooked sheriffs. Rather, they are descriptions of small segments of daily happenings. They are about living and loving and good relationships with all kinds of people. And about buying groceries, riding buses, walking in deep snow, military service, teaching students, sports, walking the road, making paintings, and the joy of putting words together to form thoughts. Above all, it is a book for a quiet evening of thoughtful reading."

Howard grew up on Premier Mt. (w/siblings WHS grads Sylvia, Roberta, Ruth, Bobby, & Jimmy).

I forgot to tell you that this book is available to order at Amazon.com (among other places) and can be downloaded to Kindle. I'm presently (greatly enjoying) reading the Kindle version; it is also available in print.