It is with the Fox's simple secret, ..".what is essential is invisible to the eye," that I wrote not only my life story, but decided to include as much about my parents and forebears as I could, because I believe we are who we are because of those who have come before us. What is essential is invisible to the eye Perhaps my friends and family will know me a little better when all the stories have been read - the ones of the first forty years in this book, as well as the subsequent forty in It's an Ill Wind, Indeed... "We all come from the past, and children ought to know what it was that went into their making." - Russell Baker