Reading and Rambling

  Books read:          The Pale King by David Foster Wallace          The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson   Trails walked:          Rabbit Mountain Open Space near Lyons (Various)          Poudre River Trail near Greeley (March 18th)      Deer Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park (March 25th & 28th) ·            Song(s) of the month – D.B. Rielly:  One of These Days, Prenup, I’ll Remind You Every Day, Don’t Think So Much, and Wrapped Around My Little Finger   Scientist Spotlight - Svante Arrhenius   March Summary:   A Native American woman is now in charge of all federal lands in the US.   Let that roll around in your head for a bit.   Incredible.   After all we’ve done in the past 200 y...

  Books read:          Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon          Lifespan by David Sinclair          Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko   Trails walked:          Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park (February 2 nd )          Nighthawk/Brittlebrush loop at Hall Ranch Open Space (February 16 th )          Lion Gulch to Irvin Homestead near Pinewood Springs (February 23 rd )      Song(s) of the month -  Astral Plane and Workin’ Woman Blues by Valerie June   Scientist Spotlight -  Thomas David Petite   February Summary:   Baby it’s cold outside!    A Polar Vortex immersed most of the country into a deep freeze this month.   In our new city, we reached a low of minus 12 degrees.   That is Minnesota cold!   Back i...