Generalist at large:

Hey!

It's Lance Hardie!

(no bull)

 This picture is worth a million words

Generalities...

  • Essayist, humorist, poet, translator, trivia maven and student of the classics.
  • Lifetime observer of communities, personalities, agendas, hierarchies, missing manhole covers and other open-ended questions.
  • Owner of a first-class malarkey detector -- quick to find the fly in the ointment (or its footprints if the fly is gone).

...and some specifics...

  • Father of the HardieHouse web site, featuring original essays, mural tour, online art gallery and more.
  • Author of How to Write Your Own Epitaph and Live Long Enough to Enjoy It, and creator of Plan Your Epitaph Day, an award-winning web site and observance that attracts media attention worldwide. Featured in Chase's Annual Events, Wireless Flash News Service, and (now this is really BIG TIME) The Wall Street Journal (11/2/98) and Jim Hightower's nationally syndicated radio show (11/27/98).
  • Quondam editor and columnist at the North Coast Co-op News (Arcata/Eureka, CA).
  • Retired editor of the "Classics Page" at Book Stacks, an online bookstore.
  • Producer and host of programs dealing with the arts, psychology, and social issues aired on KHSU public radio in Arcata, CA (1991-2003) and selectively on Community Access Television.
  • Host of the KHSU Home Page -- Thursdays at 1 PM -- featuring regional news, reports on local events, and interviews with artists, performers, and other notables (1991-2001).
  • Co-founder of a Great Books discussion group, now in its tenth year.
  • Ordained Minister, Universal Life Church.
  • Past board member, Institute for the Study of Collective Behavior and Memory.
  • Coordinator of the 1995-96 program of The Ink People's Artists Lecture Series in Eureka, CA.
  • Book collector, book scout, book dealer, and occasional book burner.

If you've been scouring the earth in search of a Generalist for help with THE BIG PICTURE, your prayers are answered. What you see here and elsewhere on this web site is a fair sampling of my playing field. As a minimum, you can get a flavor of my style on these pages:

  • Life in Prism
  • The Hardie Line Online, archive of columns from the Co-op News.
  • Plan Your Epitaph Day
  • Page Two of this bio

    • ...and in my photo-essay, The Murals of Humboldt County.
    It gets lots of comments from visitors, and proves once again
    that art can be roofless. Step outdoors and see for yourself.

    Lance Hardie
    P.O. Box 4595, Arcata, CA 95518, U.S.A.

    publisher@hardiehouse.org

    Copyright ©2003 Lance Hardie
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    If I were to illustrate an ego-trip-on-a-web-page,
    it might look something like the piece above.
    Just for fun, count the number of times
    the word "I" appears.

    This text is printed on acid-free retina.
    Get two copies for the price of one:
         KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN.