It is the gift of stories that most repays life among settled people. Author: Robert Michael Pyle Copy Quote More from Robert Michael Pyle “I've always felt there is something sacred in a piece of paper that travels the…” “Himalayans (blackberries) seize the land, gobbling acres, blanketing banks, con…” “The river has indeed become an inefficient conduit, but the same plaque that pl…” “when that small Siberian bird fell out of the sky over Gray's River, not once b…”