The enduring values of family, friendship, and humor make this a novel for everyone who enjoys a story of triumph over tragedy. About the Author TOC Inside Dust Cover First Excerpt Second Excerpt Author Comments Ernest Knobbs is a native Connecticut Yankee who transplanted to the Rocky Mountains of Northern Utah in 1994. All my life's a circle, but I can't tell you why . Harry Chapin Second - What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is best after all. The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.
Mediocre people are very, very dangerous when they get together.
They put standards down and make it appear that you've really got to be a genius to be mediocre. Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. Sixth - One of the sources of pride in being a human being is the ability to bear present frustrations in the interests of longer purposes. Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise. To ask is no sin, and to be refused is no calamity.