Community Voices
We, as Americans, are imprinted at an early age to work, work, work. We put in long hours in our working years, accept overtime readily, and even at times work more than one job to support our families and add to the nest egg we need to retire.
To me, the names Everest and Evans were interchangeable. As a boy brought up under the billion-year-old granite massif of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, both signified the tallest mountain, either of the world or of my world.
In the Introduction to “The Republic of Imagination,” Professor Azar Nafisi relates an anecdote about a young Iranian ex-pat she calls “Ramin” who, at a book promotion event, basically told her she was wasting her time. Americans, he said, are very different than Iranians.
Coming Attractions
There are plenty of beautiful and important environmental sites that people are aware of - think locations like the Everglades in Florida. But then there are places that might be even more important …
