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Unknown Island North

"Unknown Island North" is culled from Annie Dillard's 1977 "Holy the Firm". A metaphor for a new thought on the horizon, it is "a new island, a new wrinkle, the deepening of wonder." Dillard finds various names for it as she sketches this new thing onto her drawing of the Puget Sound islands visible from her window. I suppose here, in my own way, I am seeking to name the things that most capture my attention as I look out at the world from my perspective. What follows is a record of what I see.

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Reclusive twenty-something. Married for seven years now to an honest-to-God Prince Charming. Mischievous Christian. Vegan with raw vegan aspirations. Fond of black lace. Cabin-dweller, soon-to-be little-house-in-the-woods-dweller. Constantly online: might as well be physically plugged in to the power outlet and the local server. Holds a BA in Religion, and a Raw Vegan Associate Chef & Instructor certification. Has worked in child care, education, special education, youth ministry, and children's ministry over the past fourteen years. Reads books like Cookie Monster eats cookies. Writer, artist, and musician. Laboriously learning how to dance. Utter scatterbrain. Adores Lewis Carroll's Alice in all her various incarnations. World just gets curiouser and curiouser every day.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Winter Reading List 2010

How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency, Piers Warren ***

Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces: A Layering System for Big Results in Small Gardens and Containers, Patricia Lanza ***

Blaze, Stephen King as Richard Bachman **

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp & Camille Kingsolver *****

The End of Food, Paul Roberts ****

Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory, Edward J. Larson ***

The Sermon on the Mount: Its Old Testament Roots, Roland H. Worth, Jr. ***

Mansfield Park, Jane Austen *****

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen *****

Manta's Gift, Timothy Zahn ****

The Other End of Time, Frederik Pohl * (Um. Yeah. Can I have my 12 hours back?)

Jane Austen: A Collection of Critical Essays, Ian Watt, ed. ***

Montana 1948, Larry Watson ****

Cooking the Whole Foods Way, Christina Pirello ****

A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes, David Tanis ****

Briar Rose, Jane Yolen *****

Practical Money Making, Kim Isaac Greenblatt *

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream, Adam Shepard ***

Dragon Rider, Cornelia Funke ***

Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, Part Two, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Kevin Leahy, trans. ***

Dating Hamlet, Lisa Fiedler ***

The Memory of Running, Ron McLarty ****

The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability, James Gustave Speth ***

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