Back in Keith County

We are not going to Keith County, but the John Janovy book is going with us to the Black Hills in the morning. We read his "Keith County Journal" going westward a few years ago. That was "hailed as a classic of its kind and compared to the writings of Thoreau" on the jacket. We truly enjoyed it.

He writes: "...Dip into it when you need to think unfettered thoughts and feel non-directed feelings, when you are ready to free that original and creative element of your own self." Keith County is more than a place, it is a state of mind.

I had best pack a few cough drops to keep my voice going after our two week colds. I will also pack a camera. The friend I am visiting has been watching the birth of baby Black Angus calves near her yard. I hope to photograph one of the curly little babies.

Janovy is a professor of biology at the University of Nebraska.