"Dear John,
When I [finally read] the new Morearty tome, I was rewarded. You’ve been cursed & blessed with an interesting, passionate life. I sometimes have a fantasy that all who truly live out the ironies, swallow the foibles and endure the furies, will be gathered in one place. It’s called ‘heaven’, or ‘one another’. They’re assembled to save, savor, tell their tales. With the overriding conviction that despite all, life was eminently worth it all. Their marks will be wit & gratitude.
Found the above verified and given vivid transfusion in your book. For which, deep thanks.
/s/ Dan Berrigan"
"I loved it! Here is the kind of true-life adventure story we all deserve: a likable, ordinary guy engages in the greatest battle of our time. The battle is for a livable future on Earth. And the story is believable, funny, and inspiring. It is high time we recognize the real heroes of our age, regular folks like you and me. Hats off to John Morearty for so generously and honestly sharing his life with us, and for including his confusions and setbacks as well as the moments of epiphany and triumph."
--Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self.
"tender images"
—Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
"Full of light and longing"
—David Smith-Ferri, Ukiah poet, peace pilgrim to Iraq
"Lyrical and pungent"
—Sue Harper
"Arrogant…rash…brave…fun"
—Mike Fitzgerald, Stockton Record columnist
"You are in for a special treat"
—Mike Rhodes, Fresno peace activist
"Awesome reading…a microcosm of the peace movement
in the Central Valley of California these forty years"
—Dr. Tom Ambrogi, former regional director, American Friends Service Committee
"A soulful reminder of the importance
of thinking globally and acting locally"
—Prof. Peter Phillips, Director of Project Censored, Sonoma State University
"John’s journey from philosophy professor
to woodworker and peace provocateur
is one of amazing fortitude and unyielding belief
in a world where peace will reign with justice for all"
—Reid Cerney, life-long peace activist, Lodi, California
"Written with wicked Irish wit
and the patience of a Sanskrit scholar"
—Donna K. Keuck, Ph.D.
