"In 1976 Jim Lenfestey and his wife, Susan, were part of the founding of the Hill and Lake Press community newspaper, and Jim contributed monthly columns fior thirteen years beginning in 1986. In 2000, Nodin Press published a selection of these columns, The Urban Coyote: Howlings on Family, Community and the Search for Peace and Quiet. Since that time Lenfestey has published seven poetry collections, edited three anthologies of poetry and essays, and written a memoir, Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain, in which he chases the mysterious source of his love for poetry. In 2012, missing the joy of discovering stories and observations as the world rambled by, he returned to the practice of writing monthly columns at the Hill and Lake Press, the best of which have been gathered together in the pages of this book"-- Provided by publisher.