I greatly appreciate your giving an “exhausting” response. Thank you for taking the time.
Like most people, I’m sure LL was many things over a lifetime. He was a traveler, a boxer, an author, a father, a husband, a friend, etc. I think LL, the author, reached a point where he was truly a master of his craft.
I am one of those who appreciate ambiguity where less can be more, but, I could also appreciate your dad's ability to balance between what you refer to as intimacy and ambiguity. I think that’s one of the things that allowed him to separate himself from the herd. And, what makes his books so readable and re-readable.
P.S. I think your comments on Tell Sackett are spot on. He’s sort of your dad’s Everyman.

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