. Pieces. End of the trail -- Three new twins join club in spring -- Your book saved my life, Mister -- Who we were and what we meant by it -- The current crisis in remorse -- The people vs Jim -- The young Lutheran's guide to the orchestra -- Maybe you can, too -- A little help -- A liberal reaches for her whip -- Hollywood in the fifties -- Lifestyle -- He didn't go to Canada -- 2. The lake. Letters from Jack -- Three marriages. Mrs. Roy Tollerud to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd C. Olson. Mrs Ruth Luger to Mrs. Joanne Lienenkranz. Clarence Bunsen to his wife, Arlene -- The babe -- How I came to give the Memorial Day address at the Lake Wobegon Cemetery this year -- Who do you think you are? -- 3. Letters. How to write a letter -- Estate -- O the porch -- Traveler -- Sneezes -- Pool table -- Cold -- Puck drop -- Lutheran pie -- Sexy -- Regrets -- The Pennsylvania Dept. of Agr. -- Family honeymoon -- Home team -- Basketball -- Woodlawn -- Episcopal -- Nu er der jul igen -- Glad bags -- Hoppers -- Mills -- Atlanta Airport -- The talk of the town squad -- Subway -- Gettysburg -- Postcards -- Nineteen -- Patmos -- Reagan -- Laying on our backs looking up at the stars -- The meaning of life -- Stinson Beach -- 4. House poems. O what a luxury -- Lamour -- In memory of our cat, Ralph -- The solo sock -- Mrs. Sullivan -- Guilt & shame -- Obedience -- Upon becoming a doctor -- The old shower stall -- Mother's poem -- The Finn who would not take a sauna -- 5. Stories. Meeting famous people -- The lover of invention -- Lonely boy -- What did we do wrong? -- Yon -- The art of self-defense -- End of an era -- Glasnost -- After a fall -- My life in prison -- We are still married.

A collection of short stories, poems, and letters of domestic problems, travels, etc., in rural America.