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Kingsley

Troublemeister- in Training
 
 
Purred: Thu Jul 10, '08 4:39pm PST 
Just started reading Farewell, My Subaru, by Doug Fine. What a HOOT! Doug Fine wants to continue to enjoy the things he loves (movies, computers, etc.) while at the same time reducing his carbon footprint. He buys a ranch in arid New Mexico and discovers that sometimes it is not so easy to live green. Very entertaining and thought-provoking.

Thumbs up!

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Luna

No Nonsense
 
 
Purred: Fri Jun 19, '09 5:19pm PST 
I just finished reading The Backyard Homestead edited by Carleen Madigan.

It is all about producing your own food all by yourself on just a quarter acre. Hmmm...well, there are lots of good gardening tips, but I do not think our Biped could raise an animal for meat. Milk, yes, but not meat. I could, of course, but she could NOT!

Anyway, she was ready to rip out the azaleas and plant an herb garden, before she remembered she does not really LIKE herbs much.

The Backyard Homestead is kind of a back-to-nature type book--foraging for food and learning to preserve and make things yourself. Interesting. The Biped was even tempted to try making cheese. I swear, she has LOST her MARBLES!

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Kingsley

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Purred: Tue Aug 18, '09 9:56pm PST 
We are reading Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, which we picked up at the used book store.

Not very far in, but so far, very entertaining! Bourdain has Attitude and we are gathering that that is common among chefs, both elite and chophouse.

Very fun so far!

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Luna

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Purred: Tue Sep 15, '09 9:47pm PST 
Just finishing The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner.

It is part travelog, part psychology. Weiner is a journalist who never feels like his life is as happy as it should be, so he travels to the countries which are the happiest, according to researchers. He starts in The Netherlands and goes to Switzerland, Iceland, Thailand, Bhutan and India, and he also visits Moldova and a town in England which are considered very unhappy places.

It is a really good book! And he writes with a lot of humor which we ALWAYS like!

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Kingsley & Luna
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