Reading and Rambling

Books Read: The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling White Trash: The 400-year untold history of class in America by Nancy Isenberg Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Trails Walked: McDowells Thompson Peak (Dec 5 th ) Superstitions Garden Valley Hackberry Spring Loop (Dec 12 th ) Big Jim and Walkin’ Jim Trail loop to peak 3465 near Lake Pleasant (Dec 19 th ) I remember the month of December being particularly stressful when we had young kids to raise and careers we were trying to grow. There were presents to buy and ship, decorations to be strung, an overabundance of food to be cooked, the same amount of work had to get done with far fewer days in which to do it.   Thankfully that level of stress has reduced somewhat with the kids being older, careers being retired from or more settled, and the r...

Books Read: My Antonia by Willa Cather Midnight’s Children by Salmon Rushdie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling Trails Walked: Grand Canyon South Kaibab Trail (Nov 1 st ) Grand Canyon Bright Angel Trail (Nov 2 nd ) Dixie Mountain Loop (Nov 13 th ) Superstition Ridgeline (Nov 24 th ) Picacho Peak (Nov 29 th ) Well I turned 60 this month.   That’s a pretty big number.   I see the aging taking place on my face, on top of my head, the weird wrinkles in my arms and hands that don’t seem to be my own.   But inside I still feel very young; as a matter of fact, my whole life, the way I feel inside always seems to be some constant ageless being.   But on an intellectual level I know that the number of years ahead of me, like my telomeres (Google it), are shrinking in comparison to the years behind me.   I suppose that’s one reason I’ve decided to start recording my tho...