Looking for Something to Read?
I’ve been pleasantly surprised to mind myself doing a huge amount of reading these last few months, after a “reading hiatus” of nearly a decade. – The nook is definitely paying for itself. I’ve read more books in the last few months than I’ve read in Quite A Long Time, which makes me very happy. [...]
The Awkward Holiday List Post
For convenience’s sake, I typically put my holiday wish list on my blog. This year, I am also making some recommendations for special gifts you might like to bring home for someone on your list. Frankly, I am tired of feeding the giant corporate machine. I don’t need or want any more Stuff this year, [...]
Kicking & Screaming Into the E-Book Age
Since Amazon introduced its Kindle some years ago, I have watched it with both a yearning and skeptical eye. I love the idea of the convenience and portability of e-book readers, but … I also love books. Real, physical books. I love the way they feel, the sound of the hard cover as it opens [...]
Cleaning Up My Life
This post first appeared on my other blog, Confounded by Quilting, and basically cemented my desire to have a more appropriate blog title for the homesteady bits of my writing. Like many folks, I took health and well-being for granted in my younger years, and being raised in the middle-class American Midwest, I took many [...]
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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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