Tag: books

  • Review: Keeping the Bees

    Why is that young man serenading the blueberries with his guitar? Why are cactus spines as likely as stings for many bee researchers? What can each of us do to improve the situation for pollinators in our world? What I didn’t know about bees could fill a book. Fortunately, Laurence Packer has provided exactly that…

  • The books that haunt me

    Can’t write, reading! Books on the desk… Books on the wee table next to the desk: The books I removed from the end table that have no shelf to go to: The books I added to the end table: And to finish it all off, the blank books that await filling:  

  • Review: Anathem

    Welcome to the third month of the Once A Month Book Club! This month we have been reading fantasy stories, which are those “featuring magic paranormal magic and terrible monsters”. Wow, wonder if J.K Rowling used that as a checklist? Don’t forget to check out the links at the bottom of the page to find…

  • What Are You Reading

    This time, I *am* resorting to Plinky because otherwise I won’t get my post done. Also, I only have 23 minutes! Go! Since I recently did a post about what was on my end table (which included my children’s reading and things that have been sitting there for years), I must now own up to…

  • Book: Rational Mysticism

    Rational Mysticism? Surely she mistyped. But no, fair readers (I’ve been into the Austen recently), Rational Mysticism it is. I’ll give away the ending, shall I? “Mystical awe is the inverse of knowledge; it is a kind of anti-knowledge. Instead of seeing The Answer to the riddle of existence, you just see how impenetrable the…

  • Loves Books, Loves People

    Loves Books, Loves People

    Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting Essentials This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have shared the parenting essentials that they could not live without. Please read to the end to find a list…

  • On the Nightstand

    Yesterday was all write-y. It took three days. Today, you get a list so I have more time for the next big thing. The books on my nightstand (including the magazine rack at the bottom that became necessary for spillover): Eaarth, Bill McKibben Meditation for Beginners, Jack Kornfield Darkspell, Katharine Kerr Nelly & Caesar: Jumping,…