Reading this small volume is like strolling the Irish countryside, climbing rollicking hills of limerick humor which describe people and places of Emmet County, Michigan and famous figures from Darwin and Einstein to Bill Clinton and Lance Armstrong. One then descends dark poetic valleys portraying a mother's slide into dementia and an encounter with death, "The Last Seductress," only to climb again upon a mirthful meeting of mind and mollusk at the annual Blissfest. Throughout the journey one is surrounded by lush enchanting verbiage that delights the senses.