My reading preparation for Japan continues. You might wonder why I would chose to read a novel over non-fiction. That’s a valid wonder. A friend who has been to Japan many times loaned me this book. You can learn a …
Read: The Roads to Sata
Okay, for you numbers people. One hundred and twenty-eight days and roughly 3,300 kilometers. Top to bottom. Japan. Most importantly, as a “gaijin” or foreigner, and boy does this play a part in the overall experience. Both good and bad. …
Read: Tokyo Vice
The great Japan-centric reading fest has begun. And it started with a Jake Edelstein journalistic bang. “Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan,” is now a television series, but I would start with the book. Japan …
Read: The Moth and the Mountain
Climbing Mt. Everest is so easy a child could do it, and most likely there is a line of children cueing at what’s left of the Hillary Step at this very moment. What was once considered the “Third Pole,” has …
Read: Travels in a Thin Country
The first thing I do when traveling to one country is read a book about another country. Not entirely sure why I do this, but it’s been working for me for quite some time. Decades, actually. This recent trip to …
Read: Crossing Open Ground
No idea when Crossing Open Ground was written, but my best guess is quite some time ago. Barry Lopez is a nature writer. And you could call him a travel writer. And you could call him a range of other …
Read: Warmth
I like to play a game where I’m put in charge of “fixing” our society, culture, species and planet. Yes, I enjoy things that are totally implausible. When I look at around at America, I see system failure. Not just …
Read: What Matters Most, James Hollis
Author James Hollis has written many books including “What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life.” This book was recommended to me by a friend who reads diverse, interesting material. So, based on the nudge, I secured a copy and …
Read: Byline
Cristi Hegranes is from Santa Fe, which means everything she does is spot on. This place produces only the most sophisticated of human being, and I’m not biased at all. I am a trusted source on this people. Trust me. …
Read: The Trail to Kanjiroba
Any book that is even tangential to Peter Matthiessen”s The Snow Leopard is entirely worth a read, so William deBuy’s The Trail to Kanjiroba was inevitable. deBuys is a local boy, but like the snow leopard, rarely seen. He spends …
Read: My First Summer in the Sierras
Can’t believe it took me this long to read John Muir’s My First Summer in the Sierra. Having said that, didn’t love it. Love the idea behind it, and the Sierras can be magical, but the book didn’t really do …
Read: Storms of my Grandchildren
This was not an easy book to read. And you might be asking, why read a book about climate change that was published in 2009? Isn’t that old data? Well, kinda, but this is precisely the reason why I read …