In this book I communicate them to you through parables. I have many parables and these are the ones I have written so far. As you read my parables I have included some blank pages for you in hopes a inspiring you to write your own.

The grizzly is naturally averse to human contact and is unlikely to attack a person unless provoked. By contrast, human reprisals have been brutal. Demonized along with wolves and other "inconvenient" wild species throughout our history, grizzlies have suffered incessant attacks by the "tamers" of our western lands. As with other native American species, both human and nonhuman, the fate of the grizzly has come to symbolize the fate of wildness itself....

"This is an incredibly honest account of a father trying to do his best in the face of uncertainty. 'Full Tilt Boogie' overflows with love, commitment, fear, hope, and courage, and is a powerful tale of a man preparing himself to face the long haul.' -- Martha Quillen, back cover.

Paintings of American soldiers, completed by Sally Lincoln in 2008.