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Perhaps it was Maggie, perhaps not. In solitary moments magpies will perch on a branch and mutter soft soliloquies of whines and squeals and chatterings, oblivious to what goes on around them. It is one of those things, I suppose, intelligence now and then does, must in fact now and then do, must think, must play, must imagine, must talk to itself.... What, finally, intelligence could be for: finding your way back.

Stanley Crawford

Stanley Crawford

Stanley Crawford

Born: 1937

Died: January 25, 2024 (aged 87)

Bio: Stanley Crawford was an American writer and farmer. His novels include, among others, Travel Notes, The Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine, Some Instructions, and Petroleum Man. His nonfiction works include A Garlic Testament, a biography of life on his farm in Dixon, New Mexico.

Known for:

Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine (1972)
Petroleum Man (2005)
Travel Notes: (from Here - to There) (2014)

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