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 […]
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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 […]
Neither Here Nor There
I have been unable to find a Bill Bryson book that I don’t love. From page one to the end of each of his books I find myself absolutely rivited, and thoroughly entertained. It’s as though I have an old friend telling me about his travels abroad. And so, when I picked up Neither Here […]
A Travel Guide to the Plains Indian Wars
Generally speaking, I’ve given up on guide books. I just don’t use them any longer, and I don’t see the need to thanks to our good friend the Internet. So much information is available for free here that it doesn’t make sense to spend money on a book to give you the same information. But […]
Blue Highways
I was picking through the books on the shelf at the store looking for something good to read and I came across William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways: A Journey into America. I seemed to recall having seen the name somewhere before, but couldn’t quite place it at the time. As it turns out, though, it […]
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