Beverly Boden Rogers has always had a way with words. The ones in this book are just a selection, mostly pieces she wrote as a student of writing and then a writing teacher and group leader. Her pieces are usually short and her words carefully chosen. Hemingway would nod approval. Many of these pieces are autobiographical, describing growing on the shores of Cape Cod and he experience teaching both children and adults. Beverly Boden Rogers has always had a way with words. She is a writer, an editor, a teacher of writing, and a lover of the succinct phrase, the clear description. She has been a teacher of children and adults, an enthusiastic participant in writing groups, and a memoirist.