"You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way ... people look at reality, then you can change it."

by: James Arthur Baldwin

Dan Pagel

I am 62 years old and am enjoying life more so now that I am retired. I've always enjoyed going to small towns across America; towns where Main Street is still the principal business district; where, perhaps, a railroad went through. There's history there; perhaps a story that should not be lost. I like meeting the people that live there and shooting-up their town with my Canon (camera). I now have more time to do it. I have been married 40 years. We have two daughters that have given us seven grand children; only one grand-daughter, and she has made us great-grandparents. My wife gets to retire later this year. We're looking forward to the future.