I Was An Only Child.

When I Went To First Grade And The Other Children Said That Their Fathers Were Farmers, I Simply Didn't Believe Them. I Agreed In Order To Be Polite, But In My Heart I Knew That Those Men Were Impostors, As Farmers And As Fathers, Too. In My Youthful Estimation, Laurence Cook Defined Both Categories. To Really Believe That Others Even Existed In Either Category Was To Break The First Commandment.

My Mom Was Paranoid About My Safety.

I Learned Why 'out Riding Alone' Is An Oxymoron: An Equestrian Is Never Alone, Is Always Sensing The Other Being, The Mysterious But Also Understandable Living Being That Is The Horse.

Eavesdrop And Write It Down From Memory - Gives You A Stronger Sense Of How People Talk And What Their Concerns Are. I Love To Eavesdrop!

I Have Noticed Before That There Is A Category Of Acquaintanceship That Is Not Friendship Or Business Or Romance, But Speculation, Fascination.