Dear Readers,

Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote “Afternoon on a Hill” in 1917. That was before any of my grandparents were born. At that time it took 3 days to travel from New York City to Los Angeles.

Yesterday–when you can travel from New York to Los Angeles in just a few hours–some of you read “Afternoon on a Hill.” And even though so much has changed in the world. Even though your lives are so different from the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, that poem still spoke to you.

That’s the power of literature. It finds that human core that is true in all times and places.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck