Small Marvels

<p><b>In Limestone Indiana a city tucked away among forested hills peculiar things happen often in the vicinity of a jack-of-all-trades named Gordon Mills. Centaurs and nymphs shelter in a local cave alligators lurk in the sewers warm snow falls on the Fourth of July cornstalks rise higher than chimneys and the northern lights shine down on the municipal dump.</b><br /><br />Gordon takes such events in stride and deals with them as part of his work on the city maintenance crew. He earns just enough to support a boisterous family which includes his formidable wife Mabel their four children Mabel's parents and his widowed mother--nine souls packed into an old house that falls apart as fast as Gordon can fix it.<br /><br />Part folktale part tall tale part comic romance <i>Small Marvels</i> revels in the wonders of everyday life. So welcome to Limestone Indiana. You won't find it on a map but you may remember visiting the place in dreams the rare blissful ones in which puzzles are solved kids flourish hard work pays off and love endures.</p>