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Last book I read was Between Two Fires, by Christopher Beuhlan. A blend of historical drama, horror, and fantasy. A 14th century French knight-turned-vagabond escorts a strange orphaned girl to Avignon to see the Pope, during an outbreak of the Black Death. Evil stands in their way. It wasn't bad. Heavy on the horror/fantasy elements.
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Even if I had time, I would not read.
Feel like I could always be getting something done. It would eat at me. Sitting idle.
I’ll go pull honeysuckle vines out of my cyclone fence with needle nosed pliers first.
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I just found a copy of Karamojo Safari by W.D.M. Bell. I am not into it very far but it reminds me of "Maneaters" by Jim Corbett which I finished just a few weeks ago.
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The Wright Brothers by David Mccullough. Not sure it's as good as some of Mcculloughs other works, say John Adams, but interesting nonetheless. The Wright Brothers were some focused and driven guys.
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Arizona Wildlife Views.
The Ag Mag
Cattle Mag
Local paper.
Handloader that came last week or so. (Barsness writing about that dang 6.5 Creedmor deal.......................again)
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn That’s hard core man hats off to you Its a tough read. Not because of the writing, or the length, but because of where the stories Solzhenitsyn tells take your mind. Should be required reading, especially for people who vote democrat. Got thru most of it many many years ago. And, I agree about the required reading............................but that's probably not allowed in schools any more.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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All Tony Hillerman books. Fiction on the Rez. Have you watched the series on AMC "Dark Wind" based on Hillerman novels?
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Camp is where you make it.
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Shattered Sword, on the recommendation of the Campfire. Slower read than Ian Toll so far.
Got 3 others in line.
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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I just found a copy of Karamojo Safari by W.D.M. Bell. I am not into it very far but it reminds me of "Maneaters" by Jim Corbett which I finished just a few weeks ago. I just picked up Karamojo on my Kindle for 1.99. I have never read any Bell before, looking forward to this.
Please don't feed the trolls!
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The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn That’s hard core man hats off to you Its a tough read. Not because of the writing, or the length, but because of where the stories Solzhenitsyn tells take your mind. Should be required reading, especially for people who vote democrat. Got thru most of it many many years ago. And, I agree about the required reading............................but that's probably not allowed in schools any more. I read it during the lockdown. Not sure I could have gotten through it under any other circumstances; I am certain I could not have done it while in school. Perhaps a condensed version, or something like the comic-book-like "Classics Illustrated". (Those things got me through more than a few book reports!)
The biggest problem our country has is not systemic racism, it's systemic stupidity.
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King James 1611 Holy Bible.
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Latest issue of Claremont Review of books has an excellent article from Christopher Caldwell entitled Why are we in Ukraine?
I know a few folks here who’d call a guy named for even asking the question…
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King James 1611 Holy Bible. Word of God, New American Standard
By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog.
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