. To quote Jay Griffiths: .... "and our mother, a gardener, thought that children, like seeds, grew best unobserved in good black earth, so in daffodils we were crazy with yellow and by autumn we were brown and shiny as conkers, but all though the year we were frank and stout with dirt....” and Jay Griffiths who quotes Dylan Thomas, ‘who conjures the imagination of children watching...’ “ the ships steaming away into wonder and India, magic and China, countries bright with oranges and loud with lions.” Jay Griffiths – J.G. in other words– Dear Jay, you have conveyed the ‘Manna from Heaven’ to me. I thank-you, and seek your guidance in a world that I could never have imagined without your wisdom and poetic beauty. ‘Kith’ is a wonderful and beautiful book that I will keep treasured – along with my paperback copy of ‘Wild’ ( ‘Wild’ –the hardback copy of mine I happily loaned to a girl named ‘Sky’ –who knew me by my second name of 'John' ) -and I highly recommend! .