Bill Siemer grew up on a farm in Lassen County, played basketball at Shasta JC, went to Vietnam, became a newspaper reporter and then a lawyer and now considers himself a champion of the story that needs to be told. He lives on the bank of the river and takes pictures.
If you're interested in the topic of usage and how it changes over time, usually with conflict, I recommend Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage, an essay by David Foster Wallace that appeared in Harper's Magazine and later in his collection of essays, Consider the Lobster. Wallace calls himself a SNOOT, which […]
I had the pleasure of taking his watercolor class at the College back in the mid-80's. He was a lovely man and always tried to give helpful pointers, but was always encouraging.