[AT] Romance of Rust

Frank Vantacich rustymetal at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 24 19:47:24 PST 2004


Roger,
 
That reminds me, when are you going to write another one of your great rusty tales?  I can't stay awake with any other author and am about to start rereading your series.
 
Frank Vantacich
Carmichael, Ca.

Roger Welsch <captneb at micrord.com> wrote:
I presume all you elves are working in your shops but when the time comes
that you settle down by the fire with a full stomach and watch the kids
destroy their Christmas presents, I would like to recommend a superb essay
in Harpers for January 2005, "A Romance of Rust: Nostalgia, Progress, and
the Meaning of Tools" by Donovan Hohn. It's Hohn's exploration of his own
feelings about tools and auction sales. It's not so much about tools
specifically as about the meaning of tools to some of us. Excellent
reading....

Here's to a good New Year, eh?

Ol' Rog

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