Since the publication of
A Lingering Look Behind, several people have suggested that I write another
account of what has happened since I left Joe Batt’s Arm in 1951. This book
attempts to do that. Its subject is the
people I met, the events I encountered, the struggles and joys, and the little
revelations and insights that I experienced on my journey. I am, then, mainly
concerned with my creation of remembered experiences, experiences that are
lingered over because they seem to me to be significant. Traces of these
experiences remain not just in my memory, but in my heart, and contribute to
the way I understand my life and the way I grasp the fundamental truths of
human living.
