The title of this book is appropriate; the book is exactly what the title states. It is an eclectic collection of nine short stories, several poems, and a collection of original aphorisms. The short stories range in subject matter from a fateful tale of a second generation sailor, to the story of a crusty old fisherman with a very original choice of bait, to a bitter-sweet April-September love affair, a unique surprise during a canoe trip down a wilderness river, and a lot of situations in between. The poems, while not neccessarily earth shaking or profound, all have a bit of undeniable truth at their basis; they are taken from events common to most of us. And the aphorisms? That all started about fifteen years ago when I began making a list of these observations that were always popping into my head, sometimes interrupting actual productive activity, though not often. Jack Dawson, the author, was born in October of 1940, in Bainbridge, Georgia-a still-small town, in the...

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