One of the best in the biz (I’d say the best in the biz), hilzoy, is retiring. There is no voice out there quite like hers – reasonable, measured, honest, uniquely (and penetratingly) insightful, widly intelligent, humorous (with a mischievous bent), open-minded, humble, etc. God I’ll miss her.
Over two years ago, I wrote this:
Sometimes you come across a piece that succinctly, and neatly, expresses otherwise amorphous ideas that have been circulating in your muddled consciousness. It’s like reading what the resolution of your inner debate would look like if you had been able to achieve such clarity yourself. Or how you would have liked to have formulated a hodgepodge of thoughts if you could have only organized them in such an eloquent, plainspoken manner.
But when it all comes together, reading such a work can be like reading yourself – only better. Even if it’s nothing ambitious or grandiose, it resonates.
Many times, those pieces are written by someone named hilzoy. Here’s one example.
But really, the examples are too numerous to list. It was my honor and extreme pleasure to share Obsidian Wings with her for a small part of her blogging career.
Here’s hoping she gets pulled back in. Soon.
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