Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Inglorious Injury
2. Invisible Wounds
3. Bands
4. The Soft Part Dies
5. Carrying Guilt
6. Peregrines, Pigeons, Power Towers, and Providence
7. Nightjars: Nighthawks by Any Other Name
8. Eagles at the Brewery
9. Home Station and Back Again
10. Aftermath
11. Like Snow in Summer
12. Holy Thursday up on the Crag
13. Newfound Pair
14. Scuds and a Paper Death
15. Ode to My Son, 28 August 2007
16. Ode to My Son, 3 October 2007
17. Ode to My Son, Reflections
18. The Call of God
19. Eagles on the Island
20. They Steal My Blood and Sanity Sometimes
21. Three-Quarters of the Way up Eaglet Spire
22. Backside Slide
23. Square Ledge
24. Vagueness
25. Red-Tails, Peregrines, and the Church
26. A Journey of My Own
27. Self-Authentication
28. Northern Flicker on Father’s Day
29. Nevermore
30. War and Effects
31. Little Round Top
32. Dacron
33. One Cup of Tea
34. Cages
35. Wings Shift, Revealing Creation
36. Merrill Park
37. Larry Pelland’s Story about Me
38. Writing This Book
39. Recap