you never told me you were a sufi mystic.

or whatever they are called now--"zensunni" or whatever.

thanks for lifting me up...i was listing in the saddle fairly severely today.

Well now THAT's a compliment! wow. Thanks Jay.

I read a piece by E.M. Forster in which he writes of the pre-WWI England and it's inevitable destruction of it's pristeen countryside. Your writing is remarkably similar to Mr. Forster, not to mention your mind's eye.