This tetralogy of collections is an attempt to coherently convey the poet’s preoccupation with the mythological small town. With turn of the century mid-western sojourns and implantation in contemporary Wellington County, these observations coincide with the poet’s own journey to redemption, which is magnified in this microscopic space. He walks the small-town main streets of province and state, in his own shoes and the boots of a long-passed lamplighter. He pays homage to the towns of paper and flesh, preserving all classes of inhabitants, along with their culture. He exchanges pleasantries with those whose life force he carries, in postcards and his own memories. He concludes the search for his own small town, begun at the age of eight, when he realized the nature of his obsession.