toward the end of his life, when he grew weak and tired, he asked me to read aloud to him from the book to give him strength. i set up my tent like i’d done it before (i had not) and managed to get everything back into my bags the next morning so we could ride the 40 miles back to reality. who else might you recommend i approach for advice about entering this particular field? we bought cushions for the bench on the pier to make it usable. he means one thing to the scholar and another to the child. 