just keep moving forward. By the time the book is written, theres little evidence of the initial spark or a long-ago conversation in California Pizza Kitchen. Still, Im able, for a while at least, to pick up the thread and walk it back. Everything looks so logical going backwardsYes, of course, thats what we didbut going forward its something else entirely. Going forward, the lights may as well be off.

These Precious Days by Ann Patchett