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“I have seldom read a book more fittingly titled.With original tangible images,
gentle craft, and a clear strong voice–and often with a touch of wry– Gilbert
Schedler covers most of the important human experiences. He writes of love and
its absence, families and their generations, travel in this country and others, a
teacher’s viewof his students, the enduring impressions of childhood, the
consciousness of life contrasting with inevitable death. Who else has written about a
stripper-lap dancer with references to Plato’s allegory of the cave and to
Kierkegaard? That’s Schedler, making us think, feel, reflect, laugh–often with
that twist of quiet surprise.”—John Smith, Professpr Emeritus, English, University of the Pacific
“Gil Schedler packs a lifetime of experience into this slender volume where the everyday
points beyond itself to the trans-cendent, but so playfully so as to engage even the least
philosophical reader. He is particularly adept at showing how memories are made and what
they are made of as the everyday is transformed by our emotional responses into symbols
that stay with us forever.” —–Robert Benedetti, University of the Pacific