HCN is a fine example of the modern writers’ ability to create mental images and to take the reader to places we have not been both in time and space. Jeremy Smith’s essay “A guide to the past — and the future” is a perfect example of prose that almost reaches to the level of […]
Steve Ware
Posted inAugust 20, 2007: Bonfire of the Superweeds
Keeping up with the Joneses
Isabelle Groc’s article, “When the Joneses go solar,” would have been more properly titled “When the Joneses build an 8,000-square-foot monument to excess consumption on five acres, they go solar to make the neighbors think they give a hoot about the environment” (HCN, 7/23/07). Couldn’t Ms. Groc have found a home that reflected consideration for […]
Posted inJuly 24, 2006: Taking Liberties
Lunch with a blockhead
I was quite moved by Jeff Golden’s Writers on the Range column suggesting that we invite a blockhead to lunch (HCN, 5/15/06: Isn’t it time to bury the hatchet?). In fact, it inspired me to do just what Mr. Golden suggested: I e-mailed my favorite blockhead and suggested that we act on Mr. Golden’s suggestion. […]