Vern is my intended audience. A letter to my grandson about my dad was precisely what I needed for a story I had wanted to tell for as long as I can remember, and it gave me license to tell it in precisely the way I wanted to tell it. It’s grass roots history. If someone else wants to read it, that’s good. It’s a good book with some important observations. But it’s more than anything a letter to Vern. Maybe it’s a letter to two Verns. I’m glad I lived long enough to do it

..responsibility and accountability are not contained within institutions but rather challenge them.

“Progress” sold as a panacea that turns out to be a curse.

I've decided that the place is not gone. My work has preserved the town.