Harrison is back in Arizona, Montana, and the Upper Peninsula, writing about aging, death, memory and using the “river” as the primary vehicle—time, change, flow, power, inevitability, gravity, travel, return and elemental life. Birds and fish are much more prominent than people with dogs and horses appearing often as well. Some beautiful phrases:

“Under each stone is someone’s inevitable

surprise, the unexpected death

of their biology that struggled hard as it must.”

“I’ve spent a lifetime trying to learn the language of the dead.” -p. 23

“This is another unanswerable question to haunt us with the ordinary.” -p. 27

“Don’t let the clock cut up your life in pieces.” -p. 49

“Greed.” -p. 115

“The body wins another little argument with doom. You wake to a crisp, clear morning and you’re definitely not dead.” -p. 126

“The eternal silent music begins.” -p. 132