 
 Smoke and Mirrors
 




         Writing is an art and a science . . . and a little bit of magic.
    The storyteller is sleight-of-hand artist, guiding his audience with
    feint and flair.  The storyteller's aim is to entertain and inform by
    weaving a web of words scintillating to the senses.  Writers are
    storytellers, above all else.
         Gathered here are storytellers.  Poetry, fiction, gardening,
    and cooking--with a little bit of legerdemain in all.  It's all just
    smoke and mirrors . . .


