Posts by Hank Fox
July 4, 2009
Upstate Fourth
By Hank Fox | Posted on July 4, 2009
Any creature with experience of guns cowers under shelter tonight. Noses rise to test the air, ears lay flat at the concussive barrage.
In the distance, explosions. Silent sparkles, colored diamonds scattered on a black velvet sky, the fountaining celebratory sparks of a 10-miles-distant Fourth of July fireworks display rises over the treetops. The flashes are distant, but the sound effects are local — the next street over in both directions, more amateur celebrations pop in staccato sneers at local ordinances.
April 26, 2009
Earth Day 2009: Thoughts Like Falling Leaves
By Hank Fox | Posted on April 26, 2009
Environmentalists are perpetual optimists. In a world of good-willed people, we expect good things will happen. But pessimism, too, has its place.