Highway 195 and Cheney - Spokane Road

The intersection at Highway 195 and Cheney - Spokane Road.

A Carnegie Library Bldg.

Years ago a man by the name of Andrew Carnegie made contributions of libraries to towns and cities all across the United States. Here is one of of those libraries. What a fine contribution to our people. We are indeed blessed by the generosity of those who have made fortunes and then have decided to make those fortunes available to the people from which they came. This is truly an American phenomenon. The point may be this: There, in the end result, are no real distinctions between us. We all come from the same immigrant stock. We are all immigrants. We are the new world. We are the new being. And, to realize this new being we have to continue to be an immigrant United States of America. It will be risky, but it is the only thing we can do to be what we are, a light in the world.

Travels With Charley, J. Steinbeck

Years ago, John Steinbeck wrote a book called Travels with Charley. It was about his travels from the East Coast to the West Coast and back to see America when he was in his late 60's with his dog Charley and his GMC Truck with a camper on the back. The truck and camper were named Rocinante, the name of Don Quixote's horse. This past week I had a chance to see Rocinante in the John Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California.