Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medcine by Robert H. LUSTIG, MD, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate, MD., and The Awakened Woman by Tererai Trent, PhD.
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. My husband is a Western fan and has been for years but I never paid much attention. Until last week when I picked up his old copy of Riders. Holy cowboy! What brilliant descriptions! Character development! Vocabulary! Historical value! Riding through the purple sage was truly a wonderful experience. Glad I started paying attention to the old man's taste in literature.
After decades of reading spiritual, new age, etc. books I switched to literary fiction…the pandemic led me to mysteries & lately discovered the author Elinor Lipman & am loving her many books…well written fiction with so many laugh out louds….my great escape from our now surreal world 😉
If you’re looking for light reading filled with laughs check out all her books over at GoodReads. 📚
I’m not clever enough to be able to send this to you. Tried to take a photo of the page length article, but no way to copy and paste. Anyways, AARP July/Aug has a short piece written by her -“Redefining what makes a relationship in our 70s”. An interesting look at what Elinor thinks anout relationships later in life.
"Ways of Being" by James Brittle. It is a book about non-human intelligence. I just finished a section on octopuses and their abilities are amazing. It rocks my world as far as my concept of what intelligence is - or more accurately, what intelligence does.
Did he by any chance talk about the "coconut octopus"? I just learned about it recently. Has 9 brains that can function either together or independently!
I just started Fujimura's Silence and Beauty. I have so much to learn about Japan and his art. I read his Art and Faith last year and it was a transformative work, so I'm trying some of his other works. I highly recommend him. I just finished The Mountains Sing about Vietnam.
It wasn't called that, but he said that octopuses in general have a neural system in each tentacle that does problem solving and planning independently of the other neural systems. Additionally, it does have a central brain as well. I read that they are very difficult to study because they are experts at escaping captivity and even turning off lights in their enclosures. (And dumping gallons of water down the backs of workers they don't like!) But that is just one of the creatures he discusses. He goes into primates, dolphins, plant life, corporation (intelligence) and even AI. I find it fascinating. I will look into the coconut octopus. Lots of interesting stuff out there. Thanks for the question.
Poetry of Presence II and All The Honey. I need a dose of poetry to start my day. Other than that I have almost no time to read, there's too much to be done outside!
Chores! Weeding, irrigation, building (mostly related to chickens but also planting beds, firewood storage, you name it). Still much to do to get settled and have all the processes in place (3rd year here in NE Nevada). I got an irrigation system installed last year (primarily a drip system for our trees, shrubs, gardens) but it needs to be checked on regularly and fixing/replacing sprayers and disconnected fittings comes up not infrequently. Every year is different and we had a huge snow year and incredible rains all spring and early summer. Making for quite a different set of challenges!
My husband has been building me a kayak and I'm hoping to get that out on the water too, one of these days...
The heat has started to arrive and I am gone a fair part of the summer on wildfires.
I think I'm already looking forward to autumn...;-p
Wow, what a full, rich, hardworking life! Be careful out on the fires, and thank you for your labor there—my brother did that work for many years. May that kayak (bless your husband!) have you on the water soon!
Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane. Nothing formulaic about it, so far from predictable to be very refreshing. Relationship struggles in marriage, an undercurrent of threat, business difficulties, decisions among friends. Not s book to easily put down.
I just finished “Finding Me” by Viola Davis. Memoir. Audiobook, read by her. She won a Grammy for this recording. What a story!
“Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver - she’s my fav author ; this book just won a Pulitzer Prize. Excellent story and messages. And I just finished “Stolen Focus” by Johann Hari - excellent and eye opening non-fiction about how fast- paced distractions (.think social media and other things ) are destroying our ability to focus, think deeply and be creative.
It's good there are different options to fit/adapt to our needs. I have blurry eyes (severe floaters and dry eyes) that makes reading an actual book difficult for long periods of time. Audio books have saved me, allowed me to read ( hear) more books. I still read books but not for prolonged time. As my Dad would say, "chacun a son gout" - French for each to his own taste :-)
Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medcine by Robert H. LUSTIG, MD, The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate, MD., and The Awakened Woman by Tererai Trent, PhD.
What a combo!
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. My husband is a Western fan and has been for years but I never paid much attention. Until last week when I picked up his old copy of Riders. Holy cowboy! What brilliant descriptions! Character development! Vocabulary! Historical value! Riding through the purple sage was truly a wonderful experience. Glad I started paying attention to the old man's taste in literature.
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I’m a bookaholic 📚
After decades of reading spiritual, new age, etc. books I switched to literary fiction…the pandemic led me to mysteries & lately discovered the author Elinor Lipman & am loving her many books…well written fiction with so many laugh out louds….my great escape from our now surreal world 😉
If you’re looking for light reading filled with laughs check out all her books over at GoodReads. 📚
Elinor Lipman, a breath of fresh air.
So agree with you.
I’m not clever enough to be able to send this to you. Tried to take a photo of the page length article, but no way to copy and paste. Anyways, AARP July/Aug has a short piece written by her -“Redefining what makes a relationship in our 70s”. An interesting look at what Elinor thinks anout relationships later in life.
Thank you for this reference. Here's the link to the article, which I found by Googling: https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2023/redefining-relationship-in-70s.html
Great. Thanks 👌🏻
Thank you x
"Ways of Being" by James Brittle. It is a book about non-human intelligence. I just finished a section on octopuses and their abilities are amazing. It rocks my world as far as my concept of what intelligence is - or more accurately, what intelligence does.
Did he by any chance talk about the "coconut octopus"? I just learned about it recently. Has 9 brains that can function either together or independently!
I just started Fujimura's Silence and Beauty. I have so much to learn about Japan and his art. I read his Art and Faith last year and it was a transformative work, so I'm trying some of his other works. I highly recommend him. I just finished The Mountains Sing about Vietnam.
Thank you, Marie. Do you have a special affinity for Asian cultures?
no. I have been focusing some of my reading on non-white authors for the last year or two, but two Asian authors is just synchronous.
It wasn't called that, but he said that octopuses in general have a neural system in each tentacle that does problem solving and planning independently of the other neural systems. Additionally, it does have a central brain as well. I read that they are very difficult to study because they are experts at escaping captivity and even turning off lights in their enclosures. (And dumping gallons of water down the backs of workers they don't like!) But that is just one of the creatures he discusses. He goes into primates, dolphins, plant life, corporation (intelligence) and even AI. I find it fascinating. I will look into the coconut octopus. Lots of interesting stuff out there. Thanks for the question.
I appreciate your elaboration, LuAnne. I need to look into that book!
Poetry of Presence II and All The Honey. I need a dose of poetry to start my day. Other than that I have almost no time to read, there's too much to be done outside!
I'm glad the anthology and Rosemerry's book are giving you your daily dose! What do you like to do outside?
Chores! Weeding, irrigation, building (mostly related to chickens but also planting beds, firewood storage, you name it). Still much to do to get settled and have all the processes in place (3rd year here in NE Nevada). I got an irrigation system installed last year (primarily a drip system for our trees, shrubs, gardens) but it needs to be checked on regularly and fixing/replacing sprayers and disconnected fittings comes up not infrequently. Every year is different and we had a huge snow year and incredible rains all spring and early summer. Making for quite a different set of challenges!
My husband has been building me a kayak and I'm hoping to get that out on the water too, one of these days...
The heat has started to arrive and I am gone a fair part of the summer on wildfires.
I think I'm already looking forward to autumn...;-p
Wow, what a full, rich, hardworking life! Be careful out on the fires, and thank you for your labor there—my brother did that work for many years. May that kayak (bless your husband!) have you on the water soon!
Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane. Nothing formulaic about it, so far from predictable to be very refreshing. Relationship struggles in marriage, an undercurrent of threat, business difficulties, decisions among friends. Not s book to easily put down.
Ah, a page-turner! Don't you love it when you find one?!
I just finished “Finding Me” by Viola Davis. Memoir. Audiobook, read by her. She won a Grammy for this recording. What a story!
“Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver - she’s my fav author ; this book just won a Pulitzer Prize. Excellent story and messages. And I just finished “Stolen Focus” by Johann Hari - excellent and eye opening non-fiction about how fast- paced distractions (.think social media and other things ) are destroying our ability to focus, think deeply and be creative.
Quite a combo of books!
I am an auido book lover, I can listen while gardening, doing housework and other chores.
I've tried that. But I can't split my mind between the task and the listening. I've decided I don't really want to. 🙂
It's good there are different options to fit/adapt to our needs. I have blurry eyes (severe floaters and dry eyes) that makes reading an actual book difficult for long periods of time. Audio books have saved me, allowed me to read ( hear) more books. I still read books but not for prolonged time. As my Dad would say, "chacun a son gout" - French for each to his own taste :-)
Oh, indeed! The more forms that books can take, the better for the book-loving public!