Amazon.com description: Product Description: Ranging from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply poignant, this collection of essays from one of Maine’s favorite outdoor writers explores the way life should be, could be, and sometimes is in the great state of Maine. Whether he’s at camp finding newborn mice in a drawer at camp, at home saying good-bye to his beloved son after graduation, or at church searching for the right words for the passing of a friend, George Smith inevitably finds the emotional hook that will land your attention and keep you engrossed until the very last page.