Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIFE SPINNING THINNER -- When Angels Ride Bicycles -- Life Spinning Thinner -- Skating Lessons -- A MAP FOR LONG DISTANCES -- Between Trips -- Crete. Kreta. Krita. -- A Map for Long Distances -- TREADING FAST RIVERS -- Treading Fast Rivers -- Full Moon -- The Bush Pilot and the Census Taker -- The Little Mermaid Rewritten -- On a Sargasso Sea Island -- Bed and Breakfast -- Fireflies -- Kayak -- Traveling Through Storms -- Skydive -- Medieval Thoughts -- Lost Letters -- Conversation -- The Glide Path -- POLISHING STONES -- What We Don't Think of Packing -- The Names We Carry -- Stone-Ginger -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.