The Door Back In

Each of these fifty-two essays was originally published in a small town newspaper as a column entitled Notes from Home. Their publication stretched over a period of five years. Although the message of each essay is unique, and there was no particular connection intended by the author among them when each was written, readers may possibly discern an overarching theme. That "theme" encompasses the sense that if we all perhaps slowed down the pace of our busy lives just a little, and took time to consider everyday sights and experiences all around us, we might very well discover many messages embedded in the commonplace. These unexpected, often winsome messages can potentially awaken us to some things that may have slipped from our memory - but that are truly essentials of life. The reader may conclude that he or she really does not want to let those values slip away, after all.