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Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler My rating: 5 of 5 stars It took me years to read this book. Well, 17 days to read it, but years to begin reading it. It's been sitting there on the pages of Volume One for what seems to me like Ever, and I have, for mysterious reasons, scorned... Continue Reading →
We have finally reached true winter around these parts. Snow has fallen, in fairly impressive quantities. The logging trail has been groomed with some sled tracks, and the ice skates have hit the rink several nights in a row (FYI, Eau Claire and Bloomer rinks aren't open yet, but COLFAX IS!). The shed has been... Continue Reading →
And, on the heels of the Standing Rock ruling in the right direction, we have a similar decision on the Twin Metals Mining proposals on the shores of the Boundary Waters. The Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Agriculture pulled the plug on Twin Metal's leases, possibly ending the argument on whether highly... Continue Reading →
... books I am currently reading. There was a day, not so very long ago, that I was not able to keep more than one set of pages on my plate, and even then things might linger for months unread. At some point, I remember venturing into multiple reads, hesitantly, like a Florida native checking... Continue Reading →
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby My rating: 4 of 5 stars Huh. I'm not sure what to say about this one. I heard about it somewhere, maybe in a writing book, so I picked it up. Turns out it is from the same author as About a Boy and High Fidelity so I... Continue Reading →
A tiny/huge victory yesterday on the front of the Dakota Access Pipeline standoff, though the battle is far from over. The Army Department put a halt to the project in their decision for further environmental impact studies. No promises, but a step in the right direction. And a monumental shift in the generally accepted paradigm... Continue Reading →
Well, 10 installments ain't bad. A 3-month run. But today the Writers' Postbox must be laid to rest. Somehow it's managed to curb my posting tendencies and stiffen my attitude. Definitely not what I was going for. So... we move on. I imagine I might still write about writing. Randomly. Another in-flight adjustment is made,... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Nexus 