Reading and Rambling

Books read: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate Change by Debra Hendrickson Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation by Michael Powell Trails walked: West Rim trail near Taos, NM (Feb 4th) South Boulder Creek Big Bluestem loop near Boulder (Feb 21st) Lindsay Ranch in Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge near Superior (Feb 25th) Song(s) of the month: Guy Clark - Dublin Blues and The Cape February Summary: I thought about writing a diatribe on the insanity sadness  whirlwind that is our current administration in Washington DC.  There is so much I would like to say about it, and I'm having difficult discussions with my conservative friends these days.  But I decided that there are way more talented people than me out there writing and speaking brilliantly about it ( Rebecca Solnit , Susan B Glasser , Heather ...

Books read: Sovietstan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan by Erika Fatland Patriot by Alexei Navalny Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age by Akshat Rathi Trails walked: Dream and Emerald Lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park (Jan 15th) Lost Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness near Eldora (Jan 16th) Valley Loop and DR Trail in Bobcat Ridge Natural Area by Masonville (Jan 24th) Howard and Westridge Loop Trail in Lory State Park near Ft. Collins (Jan 28th) Song of the month: Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields January Summary: You don’t have to read books to find great stories, although books still provide the richest examples, both fiction and non-fiction. I recently read about two incredible women on different newsletters I subscribe to. The women, born over 100 years apart, have v...