I was capitvated with this book the moment I saw the cover on a book stand at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. I was nearing the completion of another book, so I picked it up and threw it in my pack to read as soon as I returned to Denver. And then Ian Baker’s The […]
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A Course Called Ireland
I had plenty of time to read with a week off for a holiday break. I definitely kept busy running around doing various family things, but was able to easily find time to read around the madness that encompassed my time off. One of the books I read, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk […]
Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door
I had to do a lot of preparatory research before writing my book, The Drive North: A Swing Down Memory Lane. A lot of it was rather tedious and boring historical reading, something I thought I was over when I graduated from college, but there was an occasional gem that I really enjoyed. One of […]
The Best American Travel Writing of 2010
I’m getting more time to read as the months get colder. I’m going out for fewer hikes, as well as other things, and staying in more to curl up in a blanket on the couch and read. At times I’m even reading three or four books at a time, maybe one more than I usually […]
Sailing Alone Around the World
I tend to find myself in a bookstore for a randomly justified reason. I really have no good reason to head in, as though I’m out of books to read, but I somehow make up a reason and go in there and buy something I don’t really need. I did this a few months ago […]
The Travel Book
I have a couple of destinations planned for 2011, but I’m by no means close to being done. I still have a good chunk of vacation time from work available, and I’m trying to decide where I want to go next. I have more than a few ideas, which is a problem I’m happy to […]
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