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  • 90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper

    03 Feb 2012

    90 Minutes In Heaven is not the kind of book I would usually read, much less review. Although I believe…

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  • Apple Pie…. nothing left to say…

    18 Nov 2011

    2 pounds Granny Smith apples 2 pounds Braeburn apples 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup butter…

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  • Bel Canto

    08 Nov 2011

    by Ann Patchett   In the novel Bel Canto we are introduced to a diverse cast of characters: Mr. Hosokawa…

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  • A Fraction of the Whole

    17 Oct 2011

    by Steve Toltz About the most concise and accurate assessment I could give about this book is: It is really,…

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  • This week’s Five

    Selected Fire Facts

    1. Over 1million acres burned in wildfires in Texas this summer.

    2. Wildfire is first recorded in the Late Silurian fossil record, 420 million years ago, by fossils of charcoalified plants. Apparently not due to anthropogenic interference.

    3. The name 'bonfire' is believed to be derived from the Celtic custom of burning the bones of the cattle which were slaughtered at Samhain - a 'bone fire'.

    4. Celebratory bonfires have historical precedence in Alpine and Central Europe, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan Scandinavia, Slavic Europe, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and College Station.

    5. "He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances", quoted from Jack London in "To Build A Fire'.

  • In the most recent past…

    • Saturday in Patagonia
    • Patagonia…
    • Somewhere over the Austrian Alps, ca. 1991. Approx. 3500m altitude, declining.
    • 90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper
    • To Build A Fire
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