<I>STATES OF MIND</I> is a collection of the author's letters from Santa Fe New Mexico and St David's Pennsylvania to a very literate and old-fashioned gentleman in San Francisco. Written between 1993 and 2000 they are insightful humorous and sometimes grouchy. They reflect two very diverse places in the American landscape-some would say no two places could be more different!-and the author deftly switches roles with changes in locale. </P>