For many years, the argument over the Indian Point nuclear power plant here in New York City's northern suburbs was one of the great evergreens of Northeastern environmentalism.
The giant evergreens of the West have long been proclaimed essential, whether the cause was saving salmon and spotted owls or small towns and their sawmills.
Both directors have approached the play as a contemporary drama, not so difficult perhaps since it addresses the evergreens of dysfunctional families -- love, passion, ingratitude, betrayal and murder.
Set on a farm in the Midwest during the Depression, it touches on themes — awakening sexuality and adolescent rebellion — that were current when Copland completed the score, in 1953, and have been evergreens of popular culture ever since.
The Chinese evergreens, of the genus Aglaonema, are fleshy tropical Asian herbs of slow growth, with leathery leaves often bearing silvery or colourful patterns; they are durable and are tolerant of indoor conditions.
The guides travel at the leisurely pace I favor, especially through the morning fog that obscured the road and made the evergreens of the thickly forested route loom like ghostly giants.
