Getting About in the Clouds
In perhaps the best Route 66 episode of them all, “Fly Away Home”, Summers, played by the great British character actor Michael Rennie, says these beautiful words, written by the eloquent Stirling Silliphant:
I can sum myself up quite precisely. I’m a gaunt fellow, full of the sounds of the past, hearing nothing of the present. I’m aware of time’s despair, not despairing. I’m a lean and thoughtful fellow who gets about in the clouds to gain a temporary detachment. A fellow who wants to stop hurting, and being hurt. Simple as that.
Please.
by Andrew Hersey