Now feeling the quiet pleasure of finding writing that takes itself seriously without being self serious, and a stop at gongflora extended that subtle pleasure, the gap between earnest and pretentious is fine and this site has clearly chosen to land on the earnest side without slipping over into pretentious which is impressive.
Reading the writers other posts after this one suggests the quality is consistent rather than peak, and a stop at gongflora confirmed the consistent quality reading, sites that hold the same level across many pieces rather than peaking on a few are sites with sustainable editorial discipline and this one has clearly developed that.
