Rebel with a cause.How does an "aging, single, unrepentant hippie-environmentalist" manage to fit in on the rugged western frontier? By talking tractors and flirting with the cowboys at the Buckhorn buck·horn n. 1. The horn of a buck. 2. The material of such a horn, used especially to make handles for knives and tools. Bar, says Hannah Hinchman. Though she disagrees with nearly every anti-environmental word spit out Verb 1. spit out - spit up in an explosive manner splutter, sputter cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out - discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth 2. by these tough-as-nails neighbors, she manages to find acceptance and companionship companionship the faculty possessed by most truly domesticated animals. They are social creatures and have a great need for the companionship of other animals. Animals in groups are quieter and more productive as a rule. in a rough-and-tumble Montana town, as is honestly and beautifully revealed in Little Things in a Big Country (W.W. Norton, $25.95). Through this combination of hand-written, lyrical prose, sensual paintings, and detailed maps and sketches, Hinchman reveals herself equal parts scientist, artist, writer and rebel. A hand-drawn pie chart A graphical representation of information in which each unit of data is represented as a pie-shaped piece of a circle. See business graphics. depicts the origins of her neighbors; the blurred lines of a watercolor smooth the jagged landscape. Rarely does an author provide such an intimate look at her life and surroundings.--R.S. |
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