A Spot To Perch Book

Contents

Dedication....................ix
Prologue 1....................xi
Prologue 2....................xv
1. A Day at the 'Diner'....................1
2. Reminiscences of Defeat and Dispersal....................7
3. The Wooing to Safer Pastures....................13
4. Acquiscing to the Temptation to Move....................21
5. The Gathering Clouds for Despair....................27
6. Fight for a Flight....................40
7. Road Safety and Road Beastiality....................45
8. Moment of Decision....................67
9. A New World for an Old Mind....................81
10. On a Twig; a Tender Twig....................93
11. Bracing Up for the Future....................105
12. The Job Market and the Chant of Freedom....................114
13. Tumultuous Welcome to New York....................125
14. The First Winter....................139
15. "Buy and Discard" Mentality and the Job Flight....................154
16. Escape by the Whiskers: The Chocolate Debacle....................162
17. The Coming of Age as a New Yorker....................177
18. Ben and the Pregnant Nanny-Goat....................183
19. Quest for Citizenship....................196
20. The Power of the Yam Tuber Over Citizenship....................204
21. The Joys of Citizenship; The Agony of Denial....................218
22. A Tenuous Twig....................234
23. A Tale of Two Residents....................246
24. Eternity as Days; Distressed Old Pal Comes Calling....................255
25. "The Mail" at Last....................263
26. The Joys of Citizenship; A Promise Fulfilled....................269