February 2003: Interim
TheybroughtinfifteenthousandlumberfeetofOregonpinetobuildTenthCity,andseventy-ninethousandfeetofCaliforniaredwoodandtheyhammeredtogetheraclean,neatlittletownbytheedgeofthestonecanals.OnSundaynightsyoucouldseered,blue,andgreenstained-glasslightinthechurchesandhearthevoicessingingthenumberedhymns."Wewillnowsing79.Wewillnowsing94."Andincertainhousesyouheardthehardclatterofatypewriter,thenovelistatwork;orthescratchofapen,thepoetatwork;ornosoundatall,theformerbeachcomberatwork.Itwasasif,inmanyways,agreatearthquakehadshakenloosetherootsandcellarsofanIowatown,andthen,inaninstant,awhirlwindtwisterofOz-likeproportionshadcarriedtheentiretownofftoMarstosetitdownwithoutabump.
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