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Just finished "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer

It had been on my TBR pile for a while and I'm glad I took the time to savor this one. A very good read, especially this time of year and in these times.

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Paperback copy of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Finished my first book of the year!

"Cemetery Boys" by Aiden Thomas

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Hardcover copy of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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"Good Things" by Samin Nosrat
Hardcover copy of "Good Things" by Samin Nosrat
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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"Having People Over" by Chelsea Fagan
Hardcover copy of Having People Over by Chelsea Fagan
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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"An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder" by K. Valentin
Paperback copy of An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder by K Valentin
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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"How the World Eats" by Julian Baggini
Hardcover copy of "How the World Eats" by Julian Baggini
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"America's Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State" by Randall Balmer
Paperback copy of America's Best Idea The Separation of Church and State by Randall Balmer
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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"The Everyday Naturalist" by Rebecca Lexa
Paperback copy of The Everyday Naturalist by Rebecca Lexa
September 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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"Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature" by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
Hardcover copy of "Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature" by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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"The Serviceberry" by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Hardback copy of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
September 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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"Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals" edited by David J. Shepherdson, Jill D. Mellen, and Michael Hutchins.
Paperback copy of Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals edited by David J. Shepherdson, Jill D. Mellen, and Michael Hutchins.
September 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Went on a trail at Griffy Lake this morning with @scormp.bsky.social

#nature #trails #indiana #hiking
Picture of a dead fallen tree creating a natural arch over a hiking trail. A small white mushroom poking out of leaf and stick littered earth. Fungus growing out of a dead tree
August 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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"Boys of Alabama" by Genevieve Hudson
Paperback copy of Boys or Alabama.
July 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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"Sunrise on the Reaping" by Suzanne Collins
Hardback copy of Sunrise on the Reaping
July 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins
Hardback copy of the ballad of songbirds and snakes.
July 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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"She Who Knows" by Nnedi Okorafor
Hardback copy of She Who Knows.
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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"Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?" By Frans de Waal
Paperback copy of Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?
June 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"The Sapling Cage" by Margaret Killjoy
Paperback copy of The Sapling Cage.
June 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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"Hunter and Hunted" by Hans Kruuk
Hardback copy of Hunter and Hunted.
June 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Hardback copies of the Hunger Games trilogy.
June 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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"Beware the Banshee's Cry" by Steven J. Rolfes
Paperback copy of Beware the Banshee's Cry
June 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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My to-be-read pile. I am both excited and terrified at the prospect. I can't get any more books until at least one stack is read.

Some are things I've found, others suggested to me, and others for sharpen my mind as I prepare to potentially go back to school.

#reading #toberead #books #booksky
A stack of 34 books including 4 Hunger Games books by Suzanne Collins. Other titles on other photos. A stack of books (15 titles). Leave of Grass by Walt Whitman, Mirror Mirror by Mark Pendergrast, How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Principles of Oral Narrative Research by Axel Orlik, It didn't start with you by Mark Wolynn, Queer by William S. Burroughs, No Gods, No Monsters by Caldwell Turnbull, The spear cuts through the water by Simon Jimenez, The Trouble with White Women by Kyla Schuller, The Werewolf in Lore and Legend by Montague Summers, The art of ritual by Beck and Metrick, Gay New York by George Chauncey, No Bad Parts by Richard C.Schwartz, The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini. Becoming Dangerous by West and Elliot, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Emerald City of Oz, and Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Beware the Banshee's Cry by Steven J. Rolfes, The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy, The Crooked Path by Kelden, A Confluence of Witches by Casey Zabala, Frightful Folklore of North America by Mike Bass, The Lesser Key of Solomon by Aleister Crowley, Witchcraft by Marion Gibson, The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, Dark Moons Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton, The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
December 30, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Last year I wanted to get back into reading so I set a goal of reading 12 books. I read 24. This year I read 18. I don't plan to increase my goal, but hope to keep meeting it.

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A list of books read in 2024 (18 titles). White Trash Warlock, Trailer Park Trickster, and Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton, Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher, Introduction to Internal Family Systems by Richard C. Schwartz, Beyond the Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon, Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe, Folk Witchcraft by Roger J. Horne, Sabriel by Garth Nix, Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat, Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh, Wolfsong, Ravensong, and Heartsong by T.J. Klune, Breeding Devils in Chaos by Sven Davisson, Wicked and Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, The Witch's Mirror by Mickie Mueller.
December 30, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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And the dinner I made for our little group yesterday.
A feast for three on a wooden dining room table. Dishes include: Brown sugar ham, apple bacon stuffing, Mac and cheese, Brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, and green bean casserole. Someone lurks in the background.
December 26, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Forgot to take pictures of a lot of things, but here's a smattering of moments from the last few days.
A simmer pot of cranberries, rosemary, oranges, and cinnamon in a Dutch oven. A wrapped gift. The gift tag says, to: One who has seen the eye! From: Scott's parents A happy gay man smiling. A collection of Christmas gifts, mostly books. Titles are: hunger games series, the wizard of Oz, beware the banshee's cry, the sapling cage, the crooked path, leaves of grass, Mirror mirror, and the lesser key of Solomon. A miniature of a biblically accurate angel and a black T-shirt sit atop the stacks.
December 26, 2024 at 8:21 PM