Show j 1 h of l 1 t ro 0 PP f f 1 I This Is the tho time of year car when if jf youre you're half human you begin I Ito to o quote the tho poet If winter 1 comos comes can spring be far fur behind 1 And And then you answer him In Utah litah my friend the poet It can be FAR FAn FA behind Back Dack In the Midwest right now you would be ba saying Baying that Its It's only all elx weeks until March and that's the tore foretaste taste of spring Lots o of things happen In March but along with the last blast there are warm days and fleecy clouds and anda ando a o hint of that delicate perfume which means that things are stirring stir ring underfoot Well I wrote that far and then I 1 said eaid to my brother who was visiting here hero with his wife Brother this is one week I should skip the When you TOu have bave to write about weather in January you are scraping bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom and the readers know it lie He agreed This Is the brother broth broth- er who went home a year ago when he realized the bacon on the tile breakfast plate had slipped from seven strips the first day dayt dayto dayto t to just one And all fat They intended to stay two weeks this time Until I asked himi Brother could you let me have i i about five thousand until oh say 1965 7 T I 1 might If Im I'm still here next week well we'll talk about It And I suddenly remembered we have to leave for home tomorrow He better than any ono one I know Why he doesn't write professionally professionally pro pro- we cannot understand So I asked him what to tell about Instead of ot the weather Ask em om if It they ever noticed that tho the smaller the town the smaller the speed limit Say that highways seem to lead away from places instead of to places Ask em ern if it they ever noticed I how rickety old buildings detract from tho the scenery The other day In Baker Calif I remarked to some tour late that It gets pets so hot that Its It's degrees at midnight In the summertime They looked at me melike melike melike like I was crazy They asked me mo how hot does It get then at noon I said Bald I didn't know Ive I've never been there at noon My 11 brother told me about a little town on the highway In Arizona that is so far from any anyplace anyplace anyplace place that it doesn't even have a telephone I thought he ho was leadIng lead lead- Ing Ingup up to using carrier coyotes but he He lie was just juat telling I about this town I So I j said Well thanks a lot brother those are very interesting items but I guess it n night might be better bettor to just write about the weather It would be too bad to hurt his his- feelings thou though I haven't decided ed yet what to use this week I may even quote his parting re remark remark remark re- re mark The average American eats cata feet reet of macaroni a year Oh brother I Mac |