THE SWAN OF TUONELA (A life in the California Desert)
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The moving hand writes, and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it. (From the Rubiyaat of Omar Khayyam)


THE SWAN OF TUONELA
Where I fit in                I looked at my calendar again. Yes, it is Tuesday, July 14, and it’s already past noon. So, I’m wondering why my old friend Mike Badly hasn’t arrived. For th...