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About smellincoffee

Citizen, librarian, reader with a boundless wonder for the world and a curiosity about all the beings inside it.

Note to self, read LeGuin

Posted on January 8, 2023 by smellincoffee
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An Incomplete Census of the Residents of Mount Doom

Posted on January 7, 2023 by smellincoffee

In the hopes of vanquishing Mount Doom before its height brings it down upon my head and vanquishes me, I’ve  signed up at The Unread Shelf this year. Our first ‘assignment’ is to list all of the books in our … Continue reading →

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Chasing New Horizons

Posted on January 6, 2023 by smellincoffee

Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto© 2019 Alan Stearns & David Grinspoon320 pages For most of my life, and I’ll warrant for most of yours, Pluto was the Great Unknown in the solar system.  Take any … Continue reading →

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You said it, Threep

Posted on January 5, 2023 by smellincoffee

Yes, this is a real book. It’s in an Alabama e-book consortium’s catalog. I’m tempted to check it out just so I can read it and post a mercilessly mocking review.

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The World-Ending Fire

Posted on January 3, 2023 by smellincoffee

The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry© 2018 Wendell Berry and Paul Kingsnorth360 pages What a way to finish 2022, in reading this superb collection of Wendell Berry’s essays.  Berry has published no small amount of essay collections himself, and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday tease: habits

Posted on January 3, 2023 by smellincoffee

Plus, Kindle books I forgot I owned. I have struggled with hard habits in my life. I have found these hard habits are only broken by harder habits. Nature abhors a vacuum, meaning I cannot just quit doing something in … Continue reading →

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God’s Promise

Posted on January 2, 2023 by smellincoffee

Years ago when I was a ‘spiritual seeker’ and consuming all manner of spiritual-religious content online, from dharma talks to Catholic apologetics and Asatru podcasts, I found some sermons and choir recordings online from a Unitarian Universalist organization. They had … Continue reading →

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The Best of 2022: Year in Review

Posted on January 2, 2023 by smellincoffee

Well, here we are at the close of another year – and what a year it was!  2022 will be one of the more unforgettable years in my life, opening as it did with me on dialysis and the sudden … Continue reading →

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What I Read in 2022

Posted on January 2, 2023 by smellincoffee
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Science Survey 2022

Posted on January 1, 2023 by smellincoffee

Science Survey 2017 | Science Survey 2018 | Science Survey 2019 | Science Survey 2020 | Science Survey 2021 The Science Survey, in effect since 2017, is a structured approach to pop-science reading to maintain a broad general science & … Continue reading →

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