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Junkyard Planet
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion Dollar Trash Trade © 2013 Adam Minter 304 pages I once encountered a pair of supermarket clerks unloading cases of bottled water from their pallet jack to the shelves where the water awaits the … Continue reading
This and that
Well, good news and bad news. The good news is…my book buying ban is OVER, so I have five books on the way. A few are for next year, but I may try a couple beforehand: Rubbish: The Archaeology of … Continue reading
Sword of Kings
Sword of Kings © 2019 Bernard Cornwell 334 pages “Tighten the sail!” I shouted. The trap was sprung, and now the snake would discover how the wolf and the eagle fought. p. 19 Uhtred of Bebbanburg has been fighting all … Continue reading
Sunshine Award
Sarah of All the Book Blog Names are Taken has gracefully nominated me for a Sunshine Blogger award, with the implication that I spread sunshine to the blogging community. Well, shucks. There are questions that I’m meant to answer, and … Continue reading
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Tiny houses and zero waste
I’ve recently read two books which can be paired together nicely, so that’s what I’m doing. Enter Tiny House Living and 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste. In the last few weeks I’ve been watching Tiny House Nation … Continue reading
White Cliffs of ‘Bama
For a while now I’ve wanted to visit the White Cliffs of Epes, Alabama, which were created around the same time as the far more famous White Cliffs of Dover. Today was a beautiful autumn day that begged for some … Continue reading
I Must Speak Out
I Must Speak Out: The Best of The Voluntaryist, 1982-1999 © 1999 Carl Watner 485 pages What distinguishes the State from an organized gang? Carl Watner argues in I Must Speak Out that nothing whatsoever does, except its subjects’ belief. … Continue reading