Sitting Among the Rafters

“It is something — it can be everything — to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking and boasting and reciting and fighting go on below.”

— Wallace Stegner

Stegner is one of the greatest American writers. Today is his birthday and I’m always surprised when people haven’t heard of him. Read Angle of Repose or Crossing to Safety. You’ll see what I mean.