A New Venture
Howdy folks! Apart from publishing that short, previously-written Tip #2 a moment ago, I know it’s been a long time since you’ve heard from me. About a month ago, I decided to chuck it and head Up North to The Engineir’s family cottage on the shores of Lake Huron, and I’ll be here for another [...]
A Well-Intentioned Lie
So, hi. I know it’s been since spring that I wrote anything here, and for that I apologize. A few of you have left emails and comments asking if I was ok – I am. Thanks. What I have been, however, is relatively depressed and unmotivated, struggling with day-to-day tasks and not having much energy [...]
I’ve said it before…
… and I’m saying it again. If I could be guaranteed a child as adorable and intelligent as Nora, I would have had kids long ago. Posts at least a little bit like this one:No related posts found. Perhaps try the search bar?
“Snowmageddon?” Don’t be ridiculous.
I love inclement weather. It tickles all my happy emotional places, reminds me of childhood snow storms, imbues regular life with a sense of adventure. I miss snow like the stuff shown in this photo of a person I do not know: I love the way everything hunkers down in a storm, I love the [...]
Maybe Ordering Seeds Will Warm Me Up…
As the flakes of snow bluster sideways, carried on the bonechilling wind outside the library here in Hartland, the old boiler cannot quite keep up with the demands this drafty building puts upon it. Watching the hunched-over, bundled up passers-by on the sidewalk below, with their scarves over their faces, hats smushed down as far [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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