The Coast of the Auburn Mane

"This guy's not a documentary, he's an opera. Somebody should write it." - Peggy Noonan speaking of Bill Clinton:
Peggy Noonan can hear the native tongues of home, and sing to us a glimpse of its "far-flinging Gods."

There's another kingdom out among the 3 visible, acknowledged worlds of America; beyond the East Coast of the famous families, the Left Coast of brazen and wanton tugging at the leash, and the venerated blessedness of the Heartland. Less visible, harder to reach, but more real by a long stroke, is that home within us where life flows as a song - pouring forth with words thrilled to be spoken, describing gloriful affirmation and protective confirmation.

It's another Coast altogether, and from it's edge - as with all coasts, the past and the future go both ways.