"I am not a pious man, " admits Jerry Johnston. In true stories about his life and friends -- including a few graveyard-carousing antics as a teenager; encounters with an eccentric gardener; and visits with a colorful nursing-home resident -- Johnston ably mixes comedy, suspense, and pathos in equal measure. In subtle ways Johnston also unravels the spiritual dimension that he finds undeniable in life. When poet-colleague William Stafford whispers his name into a tree in ancient Celtic fashion, or on discovering a 3,500 ...
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"I am not a pious man, " admits Jerry Johnston. In true stories about his life and friends -- including a few graveyard-carousing antics as a teenager; encounters with an eccentric gardener; and visits with a colorful nursing-home resident -- Johnston ably mixes comedy, suspense, and pathos in equal measure. In subtle ways Johnston also unravels the spiritual dimension that he finds undeniable in life. When poet-colleague William Stafford whispers his name into a tree in ancient Celtic fashion, or on discovering a 3,500-year-old, grafitti-covered juniper in Logan Canyon, Johnston is reminded of how fragile one's constructs of life are and how easily rationalist confidence is shattered. This is especially true when confronted with "the soul" -- the elusive something that approximates one's sense of eternity and is perceived by an intangible second sense.
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