Reading and Rambling

Books read: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel) Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (translated by Alfred Birnbaum) Washington Square by Henry James The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Trails walked: North Table Mountain Loop near Golden (Dec 4th) Kohler Mesa – Bear Canyon Loop near Boulder (Dec 18th) Carter Lake near Berthoud (Dec 23rd) Song(s) of the month: Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and Glen Hansard December Summary: The above photo was taken from our back porch this month. Winter air does something weird to the clouds.  There's actually a name for it -- lenticular clouds, -- and it's caused by high winds blowing towards the plains from the mountains; and the winds are much higher in winter. Believe it or not I did zero photo-shopping on this photo.  That's actually what the sky looked like on a cold winter morning.  I still have to pinch myself when I realize t...

Books read: The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos by Mark J. Easter Anything Worth Doing: A True Story of Adventure, Friendship and Tragedy on the Last of the West's Great Rivers by Jo Deurbrouck Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by Jamil Zaki Oaxaca Journal by Oliver Sacks Border Child by Michel Stone Trails walked: Coffintop Mountain near Lyons (November 5th) Oaxaca Rambling (November 12-18) Ralph Price Reservoir to the North Inlet near Lyons (November 21st) Deadman Gulch near Lyons (November 24th) Song(s) of the month: Taylor Swift The Man Lover  Death by a Thousand Cuts  All Too Well November Summary: I've written several times about how November is my favorite month (my birthday and Thanksgiving, duh), so I won't bore you with all of my reasons for why Thanksgiving is the greatest holiday.  Ours was more subdued than normal this year with only 13 people vs. the 25 we had last year. Hopefully not too many holidays were impact...