<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>In this first collection of short stories, author Bill Haugland gently probes the human psyche as the works deftly reveal the foibles of men and women, families, and the desperate and the troubled as they face loss of home and property and suicide. The tales ask the subtly questions <I>Can a photograph found in an antique store be the key to a turbulent past?</I> <I>Should a wife and mother decide to abandon her family in a desperate moment of introspection? </I>and<I> Does a blind boy possess a talent that borders on the supernatural?</I>