When I was young--when I first learned about magma and subduction zones and the tectonics that inch-by-inch rend our continents into new shapes--I wanted to be a geologist. My fascination led to the gradual acquisition of a rock collection.
Some purchased, some picked up on the sidewalk, and some given to me by
my eccentric but wonderful Uncle Roger out in California. I learned
words like "sedentary" and "igneous" and "metamorphic."
