Book Reviews, Death, Random Ramblings

I’m dying.

Okay, so I'm being overly dramatic this morning. I mean, I am dying. We're all dying. It's just that I don't usually think about it: the when, and how, and where, and whys of it. But I started to read Thomas Lynch's book, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, last night. (The Kindle edition was on sale… Continue reading I’m dying.

Book Reviews, Random Ramblings

The Earth Moved…

I planted 190 tulip and hyacinth bulbs this morning for an elderly friend and all I could think about was Amy Stewart's book The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms. (This is what comes of reading WAY too many books!) I must have seen FIVE earthworms for every bulb I planted. Multiply that figure by 190 and… Continue reading The Earth Moved…

Book Reviews, Random Ramblings

The Art of Asking

I spent a lot of time reading over the summer, plucking books off of my reading list—a list that grows at such a voracious pace I know I will never come close to finishing it off. One of the books I FINALLY read is Amada Palmer's book: The Art of Asking. Has anyone else read this… Continue reading The Art of Asking