Hi Joy, I’m quite amazed you met Sue Hubbell?! Wow wow. She must have been something else. I’d like to know how you met her. So cool.

Hi Jinjer. Your Mom had a good location. I’d like to visit the Ozarks. The area seems so pretty.
Hard to imagine 80 degrees right now in the winter. You need to cool off. Enjoy your week.

That snow looks so pretty. It’s been in the 80s here in L.A. and We. Are. Sick. Of. It. lol

Hi Constance, thanks. My PT is ongoing and I can only wish for skiing but no it’s not in the cards till next winter.
Interesting that McKibben was in your dorm! I haven’t read him over the years but admire his work on the behalf of the environment. Reading The End of Nature seems so daunting. I was always a bit too scared to.
It’s good you’ll be getting a week off (nice!) and definitely the Olympics seem a plus in February. I love watching the skiing & skating. Cheers!

I rarely read anything nature-focused but did go hear Bill McKibben speak last month. He is a college classmate who even lived in my dorm but I had never had a conversation with him before. He spoke with simplicity and humor to an enthusiastic if mostly gray-haired audience. I got his first book, The End of Nature, from the library although have not read it yet.

I hadn’t noticed the Goodreads choices but I did enjoy #2 and #3.

I am looking forward to a week off at the end of the year and to the Olympics in February.

Wow Great Carmen. Great to know! Sounds like you’re pretty into Sonia & Sunny. I’m impressed how you’ve dived into and are making good progress and going off on marathon reads. That bodes well. I’m going to make room for it but I don’t know exactly when. I’m on hold for it, but have a library pile of others. Keep it going!

Thanks Shelleyrae, the knee progress is slow but steady. Good to know about your reads of McConaghy and Backman. I hope you like Wild Dark Shore. It’s a bit wild and dark, ha. You read a lot I think — so it seems pretty widely to me. Wishing you a great week too.

Hi Hena, good to know about the Backman book. I might hold off and perhaps read his novel. lol. Cross-country skiing is a lot of fun … and you’re out in nature. Our dogs do love it. Try it if you get a chance! Happy holiday season.