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These were the men who raised me, brothers and coworkers, all of them better men than I. They taught me what they knew and many things they didn’t. They said, “Drive safe,” which was a banal thing to say. I checked the tire pressure on the car while they talked about their work for the…

Here are two options to go about becoming native to your place, using my hometown as an example: You might read some objective traveler’s account, such as John Muir when he walked through on his way to the Gulf in 1867, commenting on the lack of industry and the beautiful scenery. Or William Least-Heat Moon,…

Sketch: Summer evening, open windows, waiting for the printer to print some sign-your-life-away-papers. Realtor: Bespectacled, swept-back gray hair, incessant talker but good at it. We ought to talk more, you know? He says. Talking is an art. As a kid, I’d sit of an evening on the porch and listen to the old people talk. The neighbors…