1.   At times, the survivors have appeared disinterested, quite willing to write off the season.

2.   Someday, perhaps, I hope to summon the stamina and will to write about that whole experience.

3.   Then I spend exactly the same time I would writing a normal card.

4.   This is Shields in Seattle, willing to write himself naked about the hungers and envies that move across the grandstand like the wave.

5.   You probably will spend more time choosing a border and artwork for your letter than you will writing it.