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To Say Nothing Is Out Here Is Incorrect; To Say The Desert Is Stingy With Everything Except Space And Light, Stone And Earth Is Closer To The Truth.

To An American, Land Is Solidity, Goodness, And Hope. American History Is About Land.

Franchises And Chains Have Come To Dominate Small Communities, But Those Same Chains Have Eliminated A Lot Of The Greasy Spoons, Places You Didn't Want To Eat In The First Place.

With A Nearly Desperate Sense Of Isolation And A Growing Suspicion That I Lived In An Alien Land, I Took To The Road In Search Of Places Where Change Did Not Mean Ruin And Where Time And Men And Deeds Connected.

Our Religion Keeps Reminding Us That We Aren't Just Will And Thoughts. We're Also Sand And Wind And Thunder. Rain. The Seasons. All Those Things. You Learn To Respect Everything Because You Are Everything. If You Respect Yourself, You Respect All Things.