Contents PrefacePart 1 Artful Expressions Doug Fishbone: Lots of Bananas James Pettus: Essential Natures Robin Tarbell-Thomas: To the Fair Ann and Sam Ritter: To Fly Leonard Lauder: The Beauty of Small Things Part 2 Thrill of the Chase Alexandra Stafford: Food of Life David Hanschen: On the Road Again Barry Popik: First Words Cathy Henderson: Buried Treasures Henry Sakaida: The Go-Between Part 3 Going to Extremes Gig Gwin: Wordly Riches Jim Dreyer: Far Shores Peter Holden: Macs Without End Marietta Phillips: Bossing Around Roger Swicegood: Song of Myself Part 4 Pleasures Small and Large Cathy Runyan: Got Her Marbles Peggy Dickson: Bird Brains Harry Kloman: Matters of Fact and Fiction Judy Konnerth: Two by Two Steve Spreckelmeier: All Steamed Up Patricia Corrigan: "Thar She Blows!" Part 5 Motion Pictures Lisa Ball: Snow Job Steve Everett: Blade Runner Mike Gaines: Hot into the Corner Jim Murphy: Call of the Wild Part 6 Callings Jerry Traufler: Masterwork Walter Pforzheimer: I, Spy Claire Miller: Family Ties Ted Furey: For God and Man and Old Ireland Rose Kramer: Spinning Yarns Part 7 The Sporting Life Tom Blake: Tiger! Tiger! Burning Bright Robert Strupp: Good Deals Kim Eisler: Odds-on Favorite Larry Kahn: Tiddly Wonks Matt Dodyk: Holing Out Part 8 Passionate Pursuits John Sylvester Jr.: The Things We Die for Sonia Young: Color Me Purple Claudia Perry: Love of the Game Daniel Chapin: Route Man Don Betty: Crossover Artist Acknowledgments.