Writer T. A. Barron, a self-described "wandering bard," has said in an on-line interview that is posted on the Amazon.com cyber bookstore home page, that his life has always been filled with words. The former Rhodes Scholar spent much of his youth on a Rocky Mountain ranch near Colorado Springs, Colorado, and his prose reflects a lifelong passion for nature and the great outdoors. "Wherever moss, trees, and streams are the first citizens--that's where I am from. Sense of place inspires and infuses everything I write," Barron told Amazon.com. "My very best ideas spring from life itself, especially the wonders of the natural world. If you open all your senses to their wildest, stretching your spiritual roots as deep as a great redwood, the universe beckons. Add a pinch of inspiration and anything is possible." What Barron has created with his inspirational recipe is an eclectic...