PLAY

Piloting on the Mississippi River was not work to me; it was play--delightful play, vigorous play, adventurous play--and I loved it . . .
- Mark Twain in Eruption

When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.
- Life on the Mississippi

Dave Thomson and Mark Twain statue
Hannibal, Missouri, Oct. 2003