“when that small Siberian bird fell out of the sky over Gray's River, not once but twice, he brought with him the sweetness of chance in any place, the certainty of wonder in all places. And if that's not grace,… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“It is the gift of stories that most repays life among settled people.” — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“The river has indeed become an inefficient conduit, but the same plaque that plugs this artery used to hold back the flow when it… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“This sort of day makes indoor work seem shameful. So working outside, whether in the garden or the woods or on the front porch...,… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“I've always felt there is something sacred in a piece of paper that travels the earth from hand to hand, head to head, heart… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“That kind of walk is nice when it happens, but I'll take four minutes now and then over being butt-stapled to a chair all… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“when that small Siberian bird fell out of the sky over Gray's River, not once but twice, he brought with him the sweetness of… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“Himalayans (blackberries) seize the land, gobbling acres, blanketing banks, consuming abandoned farmhouses and their Studebakers and anything left alone in the rain for five… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“the crushed carcasses of slugs and frogs mixing with the Cretaceous carbons of tar give the road an organic glaze.” — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“We look up, if only to see if we're likely to be rained on. The sky calls attention to itself, whether scored by herons,… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
“I thought of a sign I had seen... another scary time, when I was two hundred feet up in a giant karri tree in… — Robert Michael Pyle Copy Share Image
