Page 2 — 26 Mar 1973
Dear readers,
Last issue you saw two pages of pictures of our house. The pictures looked beautiful, the printing job was flawless. The text was complimentary. Very nice.
Skip stopped by Zomeworks and asked if someone, perhaps Gary Chahroudi, would be interested in writing a technical piece to follow their last article. Gary wasn't around, so I quickly recommended myself and as I was doing this a bigger scheme appeared to me. I have been trying to write a book about solar energy for some time, I even have some chapters mostly completed. Why not write a chapter for each issue of The Tribal Messenger — it could be an informal first draft. After the first draft in The Tribal Messenger I could revise it and publish it as a book.
I don't have the time, ability or the patience to write really good books. I offer as evidence the two books I have written — Dome Cookbook and Zome Primer. But still who wouldn't like to think of himself as an author? Besides — look at the kind of stuff people read. So why not? Skip is for it, and he is the editor. And if the pieces I write are not for you — well, it isn't as if we sold you a roof that leaked or a car with a bad transmission.
Next issue — "Acquaintance with energy units."
Steve Baer, Zomeworks
26 Mar 1973
Source: The Tribal Messenger, 26 Mar 1973. Text from embedded PDF.
PDF: 1973-03-26-tribal-messenger.pdf