I am like you what sets me apart is a funny set of circumstances: what inspires me what keeps me honest and of course choices I have made I happen to live in a small coastal town no traffic lights lots of agriculture cows propped up like wooden signs on rolling knuckles that look like hills I work at a lumber yard stacking dead trees scooping up dead mountains with a tractor a stark contrast to the contractors who think themselves as creators I create through music singing to the forklift