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Title: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 14, 2017, 10:43:29 AM
In honor of Beetle and his request – let's get this party started.  Plus, we might as well introduce a cool word from the book.

I'm reading this one now – very good read.

The Invention of Nature, Alexander Von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf

cajole – to persuade or coax

This one is my fun re-read.

Alaska's Wolf Man, by Jim Rearden

cheeckako - a greenhorn
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on March 14, 2017, 11:29:48 AM
I'm in the middle of Woolly's suggested read: "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey"

I'm also in the middle of John Galligan's fly-fishing mystery series. I think I'm currently immersed on the third book of the series.

As of lately, I struggle to find time to sit down and read in peace. Pisses me off. I have books stacked on my desk at work, nightstand at home, and tables and counters throughout other parts of my house - and no time to enjoy. Sad.
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Post by: Dougfish on March 14, 2017, 11:41:56 AM
Anything and everything Bryson.

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Currently reading this. Best factual WW1 book I have ever picked up.

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Some might call this a hit job by the author, but it is a scary look at the military and paramilitary situation and its history.

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Post by: Phil on March 14, 2017, 12:02:47 PM
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 14, 2017, 12:08:08 PM
I can get behind this.

I really liked River of Doubt.  I read that in the midst of a few other historical non-fictions: Blood and Thunder, Empire of Summer Moon, Rebel Yell.  For some reason I kind of lump those together.  Also because it is somewhat Teddy related, Brinkley's book on Alaska is really good.

Currently reading "No Simple Highway" which is supposed to be a fresh look/perspective on the Dead.  It's alright.  Not very fresh in my opinion.

Also reading Mattheson's Shadow Country.  Dense.  Lots of characters.  Well read.  about 250 pages in and I'm kind of like "what's the point."

Have read a few Tim Keller books lately.  I think they are a good mix of digestibabily but well referenced.  Went down a CS Lewis path too (whose work Keller unapologetically models many arguments after).

A really good day.  I think the best parts were on drug policy (no surprise since it's written by a lawyer who focused a lot of her career defending drug offenders and teaching drug policy).  Somewhat interesting read.  Could be a little less me-y.



On the hopper:
Guy Clark bio
Southern Power, Southern water (talk about dense)

Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: driver on March 14, 2017, 12:09:35 PM
River of Doubt is like a factual thriller. Love that one.
I lile Bryson but sometimes he gets old and annoying and I have to stop.
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Post by: driver on March 14, 2017, 12:15:18 PM
If any of you like non-fiction nature reads. Check out Bernd Heinrich
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Post by: Phil on March 14, 2017, 12:24:28 PM
In nonfiction, I'm presently re-reading (for the nth time) Bruce Catton's Civil War trilogy.
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Post by: NCsporksman on March 14, 2017, 12:30:48 PM
^ it's awesome, I had 2 and had to track down the last one. Worth it

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Post by: Big J on March 14, 2017, 13:26:15 PM
I'm going on a year of reading the Tetralogy Gleim CPA Course Review.  I'm only halfway through, but I can strongly give it a non recommend. 
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Post by: Yallerhammer on March 14, 2017, 14:02:15 PM
River of Doubt was a good read. I wish we still had presidents like Teddy.
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Post by: Jfey on March 14, 2017, 14:44:18 PM
I also know how to read.  Just finished Brown Dog.  Evaluating options for my next book

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Onslow on March 14, 2017, 15:49:20 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 14, 2017, 10:43:29 AM
In honor of Beetle and his request – let's get this party started.  Plus, we might as well introduce a cool word from the book.





I'm in favor of a Geert Wilders pompadour thread.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: bmadd on March 14, 2017, 15:58:35 PM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on March 14, 2017, 12:08:08 PM
Also reading Mattheson's Shadow Country.  Dense.  Lots of characters.  Well read.  about 250 pages in and I'm kind of like "what's the point."

I'm currently trying to decide what to start next and that is sitting on my shelf. Not tempting me as much anymore.

Quote from: Jfey on March 14, 2017, 14:44:18 PM
I also know how to read.  Just finished Brown Dog.  Evaluating options for my next book

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I speak for us all in that we are very surprised, but happy you learned to read. If you liked Harrison and want another, A Good Day To Die is a good one.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 14, 2017, 16:57:50 PM
should read "well written".

I do wonder if there are so many characters it takes that long just to develop them to get into the meat. 

His book on the AIM movement in the 70s is great.  Also very dense but very through on an interesting topic (esp in light of Dakota Access stuff now).
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 14, 2017, 18:56:14 PM
Loved Brown Dog!!!


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Post by: Beetle on March 14, 2017, 19:57:27 PM
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River of Doubt and Lost City of Z were good.    Lost City of the Monkey God not so great.


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 15, 2017, 08:16:02 AM
I love Emerald Mile.  Have given that book as a present many times.

How is the stranger in the woods?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Jfey on March 15, 2017, 08:34:00 AM

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I speak for us all in that we are very surprised, but happy you learned to read. If you liked Harrison and want another, A Good Day To Die is a good one.
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Thanks.  It was a long road but I made it.  Prob keep riding the Harrison train.  Will check out your suggestion.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 09:08:38 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on March 15, 2017, 08:16:02 AM
I love Emerald Mile.  Have given that book as a present many times.

How is the stranger in the woods?

Stranger in the Woods was a good read but danced around a lot.   You could tell the author had to weave in historical and philosophical references to fill pages because there just wasn't much story to tell beyond 9 hours of conversation with Chris Knight (in jail).   I'd wait and find a used copy if you can.

Emerald Mile was off the hook.    Funny you mention giving books as presents.    There's a bookstore (Blue Moon) in Lovingston, VA.   Every time I go there they have copies of The River Why.   I've bought at least 6 or 7 and given them out.     Blue Moon is a gold mine if you're ever nearby and have A LOT of time on your hands.   I've found several first editions in there.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on March 15, 2017, 09:16:35 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on March 14, 2017, 16:57:50 PM
should read "well written".

I do wonder if there are so many characters it takes that long just to develop them to get into the meat. 

His book on the AIM movement in the 70s is great.  Also very dense but very through on an interesting topic (esp in light of Dakota Access stuff now).

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse? Yep, that's a good one that has a permenant place on my shelf, along with his Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age.

Interesting word from the latter: Horim-a gourd penis sheath worn by Papauan warriors.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on March 15, 2017, 09:26:12 AM
@Beetle -- So, if I get the book, is it going to be far more than the article I've included here? Or is it a bunch of mumbo jumbo? I love hermit stuff. I wish I could be a hermit..... :banana072:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/12/inside-maine-hermits-lair
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 15, 2017, 09:57:49 AM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on March 15, 2017, 09:16:35 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on March 14, 2017, 16:57:50 PM
should read "well written".

I do wonder if there are so many characters it takes that long just to develop them to get into the meat. 

His book on the AIM movement in the 70s is great.  Also very dense but very through on an interesting topic (esp in light of Dakota Access stuff now).

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse? Yep, that's a good one that has a permenant place on my shelf, along with his Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age.

Interesting word from the latter: Horim-a gourd penis sheath worn by Papauan warriors.

That's the one.  I fancy myself somewhat knowledgeable about US History but had never heard of AIM much less the two FBI agents involved in the shootout (double nevermind everything else that happened). 
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 11:29:26 AM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on March 15, 2017, 09:26:12 AM
@Beetle -- So, if I get the book, is it going to be far more than the article I've included here? Or is it a bunch of mumbo jumbo? I love hermit stuff. I wish I could be a hermit..... :banana072:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/12/inside-maine-hermits-lair

Honestly, I think you could read this article and google the rest to get the story.    The book doesn't add much more other than anecdotal references to other hermits or related cultural/religious practices.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on March 15, 2017, 12:10:19 PM
Quote from: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 11:29:26 AM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on March 15, 2017, 09:26:12 AM
@Beetle -- So, if I get the book, is it going to be far more than the article I've included here? Or is it a bunch of mumbo jumbo? I love hermit stuff. I wish I could be a hermit..... :banana072:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/12/inside-maine-hermits-lair

Honestly, I think you could read this article and google the rest to get the story.    The book doesn't add much more other than anecdotal references to other hermits or related cultural/religious practices.

This is what I gathered as well from just a quick search or two. Much obliged.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 14:20:08 PM
The percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays — fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 2015, 43 percent of adults read at least one work of literature in the previous year. That's the lowest percentage in any year since NEA surveys began tracking reading and arts participation in 1982, when the literature reading rate was 57 percent


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/07/the-long-steady-decline-of-literary-reading/?utm_term=.3bcab8111266
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dougfish on March 15, 2017, 14:34:41 PM
Surprisingly, this forum is trending up.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 14:50:54 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 14:20:08 PM
The percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays — fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 2015, 43 percent of adults read at least one work of literature in the previous year. That's the lowest percentage in any year since NEA surveys began tracking reading and arts participation in 1982, when the literature reading rate was 57 percent


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/07/the-long-steady-decline-of-literary-reading/?utm_term=.3bcab8111266

Not hard to correlate here.     Think MTV, ESPN, IBM PSII, etc.

Plus, non-fiction rules!




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Post by: Phil on March 15, 2017, 15:40:47 PM
"Plus, non-fiction rules!"

Now wait a durn minute. I like fiction as well.
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 15, 2017, 17:17:20 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 14:20:08 PM
The percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays — fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 2015, 43 percent of adults read at least one work of literature in the previous year. That's the lowest percentage in any year since NEA surveys began tracking reading and arts participation in 1982, when the literature reading rate was 57 percent


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/07/the-long-steady-decline-of-literary-reading/?utm_term=.3bcab8111266

I'll be damned!  Clinton won 232 of the 538 electoral votes in November, which is 43.1%, and only 43% of adults read at least one work of literature in 2015.   So, 0.1% of Trump supporters, or 5.4 electoral arena non-readers were confused and soiled their ballot.  Now that is a parallel I can believe! 
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Post by: Yallerhammer on March 15, 2017, 17:23:48 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 15, 2017, 17:17:20 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 14:20:08 PM
The percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays — fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 2015, 43 percent of adults read at least one work of literature in the previous year. That's the lowest percentage in any year since NEA surveys began tracking reading and arts participation in 1982, when the literature reading rate was 57 percent


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/07/the-long-steady-decline-of-literary-reading/?utm_term=.3bcab8111266

I'll be damned!  Clinton won 232 of the 538 electoral votes in November, which is 43.1%, and only 43% of adults read at least one work of literature in 2015.  Now that is a parallel I can believe!

I disprove your demographic. I probably read a hundred books a year, and I wouldn't have voted for that conniving bitch if my life depended on it. :D
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Post by: troutfanatic on March 15, 2017, 17:26:16 PM
Doug,
The blackwater book is good, but I think there is some sugar coating. Also, the story is nowhere near finished. They took a lot of shit for human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings. They went off the grid for a bit, and reemerged as "Academie."

They aren't the only dog in the fight. I'd say Wexford Group is far more interesting. They had some controversies too, but there's no book. Another PMC of interest is a company called Triple Canopy. Those books need to be written too.

Phil,
The Catton books are exceptional. I have an older one volume book that was published in the 1970's called The American Civil War by Catton. It is more of a coffee table book, with amazing photos, paintings and some of the most amazing battle maps I've ever seen. They are hand drawn in pen and ink and very detailed.

Alas, I have no time for recreational reading, because I am reading:

Ecology, the Economy of Nature by Ricklefs and Rilyea

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy by Corey

Molecular Cell Biology by Lodish, et al.

Human Anatomy and Physiology by Mareib and Hoehm


why did I do this to myself again?  b';
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 15, 2017, 17:35:35 PM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on March 15, 2017, 17:23:48 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 15, 2017, 17:17:20 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 14:20:08 PM
The percentage of American adults who read literature — any novels, short stories, poetry or plays — fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts.

In 2015, 43 percent of adults read at least one work of literature in the previous year. That's the lowest percentage in any year since NEA surveys began tracking reading and arts participation in 1982, when the literature reading rate was 57 percent


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/07/the-long-steady-decline-of-literary-reading/?utm_term=.3bcab8111266

I'll be damned!  Clinton won 232 of the 538 electoral votes in November, which is 43.1%, and only 43% of adults read at least one work of literature in 2015.  Now that is a parallel I can believe!

I disprove your demographic. I probably read a hundred books a year, and I wouldn't have voted for that conniving bitch if my life depended on it. :D

You didn't disprove shit!  I did not see your name on the list of NC Electoral College members, so you were part of the minority popular vote.  (smiley face)
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 20:07:36 PM
Some grinders....

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A classic (thanks Woolly)

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Post by: Dougfish on March 15, 2017, 20:19:38 PM
Got the Stonewall book. Had an elective class under Robertson at VT. What a gem.  'c;
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Post by: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 20:21:05 PM
One more.......worth the read:

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 20:35:47 PM
John reminded me that I happen to have a extremely rare counterfeit copy of Harry Middleton's Starlight Creek Angling Society, which I may be willing to loan, under penalty of death, to worthy individuals. 


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Post by: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 20:39:45 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 15, 2017, 20:35:47 PM
John reminded me that I happen to have a extremely rare counterfeit copy of Harry Middleton's Starlight Creek Angling Society, which I may be willing to loan, under penalty of death, to worthy individuals. 


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I scored a copy of that from this seedy guy hanging out in a coffee shop.......hmmmm


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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 15, 2017, 20:41:43 PM
My next read. 
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Post by: Phil on March 16, 2017, 06:42:35 AM
I gotta do something about my bookshelves. This is just one of them --

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Post by: Yallerhammer on March 16, 2017, 07:27:36 AM
Read this one recently, it was quite interesting. It's about the building of the railroad up the Swannanoa grade from Old Fort to Black Mountain in the late 1800s-the stretch of rail that finally linked western NC to the rest of the world. Over a hundred people died building the tracks for that short distance that takes about ten minutes to drive on I-40 now.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 16, 2017, 14:20:53 PM
I'm a big fan of fiction/literature too.  Go through phases and am currently in nonfiction but might pivot back and finish shadow country.

If you're really feeling deep, maaaaan, check out the My Struggle series.  The first three are by far my favorite and first one if I had to pick one.

Harry Middleton is amazing.  Damn he has a way of describing depression like few people can.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on March 16, 2017, 17:47:16 PM
I liked ol' Harry. He was a hell of a writer, even if he was prone to considerable embellishment. I have a couple of his books on my shelf.
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Post by: Aka on April 27, 2017, 22:51:05 PM
Currently reading the second book in the boarder trilogy. Well written prose and good story telling. Before this I had read some of the last Harrison that I hadn't read before and re-read a few of my favorites of his.

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Post by: tomato can on April 28, 2017, 05:37:11 AM
Anything by McCarthy is superlative.  My favorite is the Orchard Keeper and if you want to laugh out loud like a hyena check out his book "Suttree". 
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Post by: NCsporksman on April 28, 2017, 05:37:27 AM
I had this on my phone one night during a weekend turkey hunt...usually dont get too jazzed about historical fiction but really couldn't put it down...1000X better than the godawful comicbook movieGuests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login


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Post by: billythreetimes on April 28, 2017, 07:10:59 AM
Quote from: tomato can on April 28, 2017, 05:37:11 AM
Anything by McCarthy is superlative.  My favorite is the Orchard Keeper and if you want to laugh out loud like a hyena check out his book "Suttree".

Glad to see this. I've been wanting to get into McCarthy, but always get tied up in something else.

Currently finishing up Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan and re-reading Dharma Bums while in search of some sort of inspiration.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on April 28, 2017, 08:14:09 AM
Suttree deserves to be up there with the best of steinbeck (east of eden, imo), hemingway, or whomever else you consider to be the GOAT.  It's a masterpiece.  Have you read some of McCarthy's other southern works?  Child of God?  Eye god.  If you like the southern McCarthy books I'd suggest William Gay.  Some are dark as fuck but most are awesome.  Ray McKinnon made one of his works into an awesome movie (That Evening Sun).

I'm currently reading ... too many.

Boys of Brooklyn - it being baseball season I figured I'd give this a whirl.  I think I'm quitting it.  I don't need some pussy from Brooklyn telling me how broken the south was in the 50s.  I came for baseball.  Not his analysis on how ignorant my relatives were.

Still working on Shadow Country.  That's a damn book.  I like it just have to take breaks.

Going on vaca soon so I got some vaca reads.  Harrison's new food book and "The Tower" which I scoped out at the local pataguicci store.  Seems very first world problem-y but hell it's vacation.

Just bought "a little life" on a friend rec.  He said it was incredible. 

Muddy, have you ever read The Varieties of Religious Experience?  It may be on the wrong side of the pulpit for you (I'm not sure which side the book is on) but it seems interesting.  Just bought it.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on April 28, 2017, 08:21:06 AM
Quote from: billythreetimes on April 28, 2017, 07:10:59 AM
Quote from: tomato can on April 28, 2017, 05:37:11 AM
Anything by McCarthy is superlative.  My favorite is the Orchard Keeper and if you want to laugh out loud like a hyena check out his book "Suttree".

Glad to see this. I've been wanting to get into McCarthy, but always get tied up in something else.

Currently finishing up Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan and re-reading Dharma Bums while in search of some sort of inspiration.

Dharma Bums is Kerouac for high school freshmen.  Give Desolation Angels a spin if you're man enough. 
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Post by: billythreetimes on April 28, 2017, 08:57:16 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 28, 2017, 08:21:06 AM
Quote from: billythreetimes on April 28, 2017, 07:10:59 AM
Quote from: tomato can on April 28, 2017, 05:37:11 AM
Anything by McCarthy is superlative.  My favorite is the Orchard Keeper and if you want to laugh out loud like a hyena check out his book "Suttree".

Glad to see this. I've been wanting to get into McCarthy, but always get tied up in something else.

Currently finishing up Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan and re-reading Dharma Bums while in search of some sort of inspiration.

Dharma Bums is Kerouac for high school freshmen.  Give Desolation Angels a spin if you're man enough.

Will. Interested in The Tower, let me know how that one is.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: tomato can on April 28, 2017, 18:35:44 PM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 28, 2017, 08:14:09 AM
Suttree deserves to be up there with the best of steinbeck (east of eden, imo), hemingway, or whomever else you consider to be the GOAT.  It's a masterpiece.  Have you read some of McCarthy's other southern works?  Child of God?  Eye god.  .
.

Yes of course, read all of 'em many times.  Lester Ballard is truly a Child of God.  If you liked Suttree then check out Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood.  amazing stuff  very funny stuff in that book too,  but then again its Flannery O'Conner.  Eudora Wealty is another amazing author also.  Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell is another good one.  It will curdle your milk. The turnip eating scene in Tobacco Road is as funny as the city mouse defiling watermelons in Suttree.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 01, 2017, 09:07:43 AM
I've read Tobacco Road and and some welty and o'connor (with whom I share a birth city) but need to revisit all.  I actually got a pretty interesting non-fiction highlighting o'connor - "flannery o'connor and the christ haunted south".  One day when I retire I'll get around to reading all the books I have.   
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 04, 2017, 10:22:57 AM
http://bittersoutherner.com/digging-in-the-trash-david-joy
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Post by: Phil on May 04, 2017, 10:37:58 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on May 04, 2017, 10:22:57 AM
http://bittersoutherner.com/digging-in-the-trash-david-joy

Great essay. Thanks for putting up the link.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 04, 2017, 10:39:10 AM
I think I'm going to go buy his book during lunch. 
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Post by: bmadd on May 04, 2017, 10:46:54 AM
Thanks for that link SJW. I've seen David Joy highly recommended by a favorite author of mine but I've never read any of his writing. I, like you, will be making a purchase soon.

He sounds like he's from a place a lot like where I'm from.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 05, 2017, 13:45:13 PM
I'll just put this here

https://www.facebook.com/teresa.moore.4625/posts/1538222079562994


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Post by: tomato can on May 05, 2017, 14:11:18 PM
For the Jarheads in the family, Matterhorn was a page turner.  They had enlisted dialogue down pat. 
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Post by: billythreetimes on May 08, 2017, 08:02:24 AM
Looking for something different for an upcoming trip. I'm in between The Big Sky by Guthrie and Blood Meridian by McCarthy. Anybody have any thoughts on either?
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 12, 2017, 05:01:06 AM
Can't go wrong. Have you ever read east of eden?  Slightly different but a worthy endeavor (major understatement).
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Post by: billythreetimes on May 12, 2017, 10:34:27 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on May 12, 2017, 05:01:06 AM
Can't go wrong. Have you ever read east of eden?  Slightly different but a worthy endeavor (major understatement).

I haven't but I'll take your word for it.
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Post by: NCsporksman on May 12, 2017, 10:49:15 AM
East of Eden great book...pretty sure Oprah agreed as well

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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 12, 2017, 11:39:53 AM
It's one of the best books ever (imo) oprah's endorsement notwithstanding.
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Post by: billythreetimes on May 12, 2017, 15:07:27 PM
Well, I went in for Big Sky and left with Suttree.
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Post by: tomato can on May 12, 2017, 17:17:53 PM
suttree can be funny as hell.

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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 15, 2017, 08:49:51 AM
Suttree is a great choice. 
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 15, 2017, 15:26:16 PM
I just started listening to Jon Krakaure's Where Men Win Glory. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030738604X?ie=UTF8)

Wasn't sure if I was going to like it but it's very interesting and I was hooked after the introduction.


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Post by: Yallerhammer on June 01, 2017, 12:28:54 PM
This week's books read:  Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, Timothy Egan's The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America, and Tony Hillerman's A Thief of Time.
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Post by: Dougfish on July 02, 2017, 19:22:09 PM
Finished my WWI book.
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Post by: Beetle on July 02, 2017, 19:29:52 PM
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Post by: driver on July 02, 2017, 20:05:33 PM
I've read that and a couple other Jared Diamond books. I liked them. But I find cultural anthropology very fascinating.  So may not.

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Post by: Yallerhammer on July 05, 2017, 09:34:31 AM
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Excellent read. 1491 is another good one.
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Post by: Lithwan on July 05, 2017, 16:13:29 PM
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/1846558239

This is another good account of history from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, much like Guns, Germs and Steel.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 14, 2017, 10:12:24 AM
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on July 14, 2017, 10:39:47 AM
How's the book? 
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That's awesome.  Just finished that one yesterday. It's like other JG books. Just different stories.

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Post by: Beetle on July 14, 2017, 13:13:35 PM
Yep- typical JG but I really enjoyed it.    Worth the read!
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Post by: The Dude on July 16, 2017, 18:31:30 PM
Any of y'all ever read Dump Truck by C. Bigsby?


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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 16, 2017, 19:06:02 PM
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Nope, I don't have a problem with non-Caucasians.  Plus the book is a bit too Southern redneck for me.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on July 17, 2017, 09:19:05 AM
Muddie have you read hillbilly elegy? 
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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 17, 2017, 19:58:53 PM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on July 17, 2017, 09:19:05 AM
Muddie have you read hillbilly elegy?

No, I have not.  Should I?  I'll check it out.  Many thanks.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on July 18, 2017, 08:38:55 AM
I haven't read it but it's gotten a lot of buzz.  Applachia boy who made it big writes with perspective from both sides of good fortune.  Or something like that.  I tend to shy away from books that become "popular" for the most part because I generally think most people are morons but I am curious about this one.  A muddie stamp of approval would go a long way. 
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Post by: Dougfish on July 18, 2017, 08:46:55 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on July 17, 2017, 09:19:05 AM
Muddie have you read hillbilly elegy?
Next on my list. Wife liked it. Is that a no vote?

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Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 18, 2017, 11:30:57 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on July 18, 2017, 08:38:55 AM
I haven't read it but it's gotten a lot of buzz.  Applachia boy who made it big writes with perspective from both sides of good fortune.  Or something like that.  I tend to shy away from books that become "popular" for the most part because I generally think most people are morons but I am curious about this one.  A muddie stamp of approval would go a long way.

I think the conservatives really like it, so that is strike 1.  Doug's wife, whom I've never met, liked it, and she married Doug, which begs the question, is she sane?  If she's visually impaired and relies on braille, then I might entertain her analysis of Hillbilly Elegy, and her fondness of an invisible or blurred Doug.  That might be strike 2, but I am going to give it a gander. 
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Big J on July 18, 2017, 11:57:40 AM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 18, 2017, 11:30:57 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on July 18, 2017, 08:38:55 AM
I haven't read it but it's gotten a lot of buzz.  Applachia boy who made it big writes with perspective from both sides of good fortune.  Or something like that.  I tend to shy away from books that become "popular" for the most part because I generally think most people are morons but I am curious about this one.  A muddie stamp of approval would go a long way.

I think the conservatives really like it, so that is strike 1.  Doug's wife, whom I've never met, liked it, and she married Doug, which begs the question, is she sane?  If she's visually impaired and relies on braille, then I might entertain her analysis of Hillbilly Elegy, and her fondness of an invisible or blurred Doug.  That might be strike 2, but I am going to give it a gander.

Author graduated from OSU. Strike 3
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on July 18, 2017, 13:58:20 PM
Not that any of you are interested but I've been working on a book for the last few years.  I am not an author/writer, and never will be.  My goal is to leave the tales and interpretations for my son and any grandkids that may appear.  Plus I've found that attempting to define/explain yourself, your life, etc. is very much boosted by struggling to put it in written word.

The working title is "Meet Me at the Grove", with everything from chapters on informative youth in VA mountains, to VT's positive influence, to skepticism, to hunting and fishing, to my late father, to religion and politics, to sagas of old-timers sprinkling baby powder on a young girl's cucci and licking it off all before my teenage eyes, etc.  There may be reasons that I am screwed up, likely there are many explanations.

If my membership to life does not expire, I'll finish it.   
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Post by: rbphoto on July 18, 2017, 13:59:22 PM
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Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on July 18, 2017, 08:38:55 AM
I haven't read it but it's gotten a lot of buzz.  Applachia boy who made it big writes with perspective from both sides of good fortune.  Or something like that.  I tend to shy away from books that become "popular" for the most part because I generally think most people are morons but I am curious about this one.  A muddie stamp of approval would go a long way.

I think the conservatives really like it, so that is strike 1.  Doug's wife, whom I've never met, liked it, and she married Doug, which begs the question, is she sane?  If she's visually impaired and relies on braille, then I might entertain her analysis of Hillbilly Elegy, and her fondness of an invisible or blurred Doug.  That might be strike 2, but I am going to give it a gander.

I've met @Dougfish 's wife and she is wonderful.  She let's him fish, drink beer and spend time with the likes of all of us here.

Strike 1 for @Mudwall Gatewood 3.0
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Post by: troutfanatic on July 18, 2017, 19:21:48 PM
I am reading.

Lange: Current Diagnosis and Treatment, Rheumatology by Imboden, Hellman and Stone.

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It's a real thriller.  b';
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Post by: Dougfish on July 19, 2017, 11:26:54 AM
Quote from: rbphoto on July 18, 2017, 13:59:22 PM

I've met @Dougfish 's wife and she is wonderful.  She let's him fish, drink beer and spend time with the likes of all of us here.

Strike 1 for @Mudwall Gatewood 3.0

Yeah, I do have a pretty sweet gig.  -0-

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on July 20, 2017, 20:11:57 PM
Oddly enough, I walk into one of our restrooms at home, and sure as hell, right there on the back of the toilet lies a copy of "Hillbilly Elegy." The wife picked it up. Interesting.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on July 21, 2017, 08:21:06 AM
We should have a book club!
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Post by: Dee-Vo on July 21, 2017, 08:47:23 AM
I've sort of overextended my reading as of lately. Three books going at once.

I'm struggling to finish John Galligan's fourth and last installment of his fly-fishing mystery series.

I'm trying to find time to make meaningful headway further into Millard's "The River of Doubt."

I'm also reading intermittently, "The Passing of the Night" by Robinson Risner.
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Post by: Dougfish on July 23, 2017, 15:23:10 PM
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Post by: troutfanatic on October 28, 2017, 20:09:12 PM
Mudwall,

I have a read for you. It will be the delight of your next theology debate with J.

I had the misfortune of having to read it for a Psychology class, and then understand it.

The Book: The Art of Loving, the author Erich Fromm. Skip most of the book. Go straight to chapter on Fromm's concept of loving God. I think you'll dig it.

Post modern secularists won't appreciate it as much, but it was written in 1956.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on October 30, 2017, 09:19:09 AM
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Mudwall,

I have a read for you. It will be the delight of your next theology debate with J.

I had the misfortune of having to read it for a Psychology class, and then understand it.

The Book: The Art of Loving, the author Erich Fromm. Skip most of the book. Go straight to chapter on Fromm's concept of loving God. I think you'll dig it.

Post modern secularists won't appreciate it as much, but it was written in 1956.

anywhere to read that particular chapter online?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on October 31, 2017, 11:54:32 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on October 30, 2017, 09:19:09 AM
Quote from: troutfanatic on October 28, 2017, 20:09:12 PM
Mudwall,

I have a read for you. It will be the delight of your next theology debate with J.

I had the misfortune of having to read it for a Psychology class, and then understand it.

The Book: The Art of Loving, the author Erich Fromm. Skip most of the book. Go straight to chapter on Fromm's concept of loving God. I think you'll dig it.

Post modern secularists won't appreciate it as much, but it was written in 1956.

anywhere to read that particular chapter online?

https://archive.org/stream/TheArtOfLoving/43799393-The-Art-of-Loving-Erich-Fromm_djvu.txt

I have not had the opportunity to read it.  Happy reading, and give us your opinion.  Many thanks. 

I can't debate J unless he also reads it, and I ain't sure a Liberty grad can comprehend any text other than the 'good book'.    Praise Gaia!!!
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Post by: Big J on October 31, 2017, 12:39:04 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on October 31, 2017, 11:54:32 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on October 30, 2017, 09:19:09 AM
Quote from: troutfanatic on October 28, 2017, 20:09:12 PM
Mudwall,

I have a read for you. It will be the delight of your next theology debate with J.

I had the misfortune of having to read it for a Psychology class, and then understand it.

The Book: The Art of Loving, the author Erich Fromm. Skip most of the book. Go straight to chapter on Fromm's concept of loving God. I think you'll dig it.

Post modern secularists won't appreciate it as much, but it was written in 1956.

anywhere to read that particular chapter online?

https://archive.org/stream/TheArtOfLoving/43799393-The-Art-of-Loving-Erich-Fromm_djvu.txt

I have not had the opportunity to read it.  Happy reading, and give us your opinion.  Many thanks. 

I can't debate J unless he also reads it, and I ain't sure a Liberty grad can comprehend any text other than the 'good book'.    Praise Gaia!!!

I probably don't need to read it to counter the points in that book. 

http://youtu.be/K5G1FmU-ldg

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Post by: Native Fisher on October 31, 2017, 13:26:17 PM
J,

The BEST youtube version of that song.

http://youtu.be/vc-PJPrueXY (http://youtu.be/vc-PJPrueXY)
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on November 01, 2017, 09:12:12 AM
QuotefiLbve of God

It has been stated above that the basis for our need to love
lies in the experience of separateness and the resulting need
pQ overcome the anxiety of separateness by the experience of
anion. The religious form of love, that which is called the
Rove of God, is, psychologically speaking, not different. It
Bprings from the need to overcome separateness and to
Iftchieve union. In fact, the love of God has as many different
feualities and aspects as the love of man has — and to a large
f{ Extent we find the same differences.

In all theistic religions, whether they are polytheistic or
pinonotheistic, God stands for the highest value, the most de-
ll, sirable good. Hence, the specific meaning of God depends on
fcwhat is the most desirable good for a person. The under-
standing of the concept of God must, therefore, start with an
;kftalysis of the character structure of the person who wor-
ships God.

|f 15 Meister Eckhart, translated by R, B. Blakney, Harper & Brothers,
New York, 1941, p. 204.



64 THE ART OF LOVING

The development of the human race as far as we have
any knowledge of it can be characterized as the emergence
of man from nature, from mother, from the bonds of blood
and soil. In the beginning of human history man, though
thrown out of the original unity with nature, still clings to
these primary bonds. He finds his security by going back, or
holding on to these primary bonds. He still feels identified
with the world of animals and trees, and tries to find unity
by remaining one with the natural world. Many primitive
religions bear witness to this stage of development. An animal
is transformed into a totem; one wears animal masks in the
most solemn religious acts, or in war; one worships an animal
as God. At a later stage of development, when human skill
has developed to the point of artisan and arti$tic skill, when
man is not dependent any more exclusively on the gifts of
nature — the fruit he finds and the animal he kills — man
transforms the product of his own hand into a god. This is
the stage of the worship of idols made of clay, silver or gold.
Man projects his own powers and skills into the things he
makes, and thus in an alienated fashion worships his prowess,
his possessions. At a still later stage man gives his gods the
form of human beings. It seems that this can happen only
when he has become still more aware of himself, and when
he has discovered man as the highest and most dignified
"thing" in the world. In this phase of anthropomorphic god
worship we find a development in two dimensions. The one
refers to the female or male nature of the gods, the other to
the degree of maturity which man has achieved, and which
determines the nature of his gods and the nature of his love
of them.



THE THEORY OF LOVE 65

Let us first speak of the development from mother-centered
to father-centered religions. According to the great and de-
cisive discoveries of Bachofen and Morgan in the middle of
the nineteenth century, and in spite of the rejection their
findings have found in most academic circles, there can be
little doubt that there was a matriarchal phase of religion
preceding the patriarchal one, at least in many cultures. In
the matriarchal phase, the highest being is the mother. She is
the goddess, she is also the authority in family and society.
In order to understand the essence of matriarchal religion,
we have only to remember what has been said about the
essence of motherly love. Mother's love is unconditional, it
is all-protective, all-enveloping; because it is unconditional
it can also not be controlled or acquired. Its presence gives
the loved person a sense of bliss ; its absence produces a sense
of lostness and utter despair. Since mother loves her children
because they are her children, and not because they are
"good," obedient, or fulfill her wishes and commands,
[' mother's love is based on equality. All men are equal, be-
cause they all are children of a mother, because they all are
children of Mother Earth.

The next stage of human evolution, the only one of which
we have thorough knowledge and do not need to rely on in-
ferences and reconstruction, is the patriarchal phase. In this
phase the mother is dethroned from her supreme position,
and the father becomes the Supreme Being, in religion as
well as in society. The nature of fatherly love is that he makes
demands, establishes principles and laws, and that his love
for the son depends on the obedience of the latter to these
demands. He likes best the son who is most like him, who is



66 THE ART OF LOVING

most obedient and who is best fitted to become his successor,
as the inheritor of his possessions. (The development of
patriarchal society goes together with the development of
private property.) As a consequence, patriarchal society is
hierarchical; the equality of the brothers gives way to com-
petition and mutual strife. Whether we think of the Indian,
Egyptian or Greek cultures, or of the Jewish- Christian, or
Islamic religions, we are in the middle of a patriarchal world,
with its male gods, over whom one chief god reigns, or where
all gods have been eliminated with the exception of the One,
the God. However, since the wish for mother's love cannot
be eradicated from the hearts of man, it is not surprising
that the figure of the loving mother could never be fully
driven out from the pantheon. In the Jewish religion, the
mother aspects of God are reintroduced especially in the
various currents of mysticism. In the Catholic religion,
Mother is symbolized by the Church, and by the Virgin.
Even in Protestantism, the figure of Mother has not been
entirely eradicated, although she remains hidden. Luther es-
tablished as his main principle that nothing that man does
can procure God's love. God's love is Grace, the religious
attitude is to have faith in this grace, and to make oneself
small and helpless; no good works can influence God — or
make God love us, as Catholic doctrines postulated. We can
recognize here that the Catholic doctrine of good works is
part of the patriarchal picture ; I can procure father's love by
obedience and by fulfilling his demands. The Lutheran doc-
trine, on the other hand, in spite of its manifest patriarchal
character carries within it a hidden matriarchal element.
Mother's love cannot be acquired; it is there, or it is not



THE THEORY OF LOVE 67

there; all I can do is to have faith (as the Psalmist says,
"Thou hadst let me have faith into my mother's breasts. 3 ' ie )
and to transform myself into the helpless, powerless child.
But it is the peculiarity of Luther's faith that the figure of
the mother has been eliminated from the manifest picture,
and replaced by that of the father; instead of the certainty
] of being loved by mother, intense doubt, hoping against
hope for unconditional love by father, has become the para-
mount feature.

I had to discuss this difference between the matriarchal
and the patriarchal elements in religion in order to show that
the character of the love of God depends on the respective
weight of the matriarchal and the patriarchal aspects of re-
ligion. The patriarchal aspect makes me love God like a
father; I assume he is just and strict, that he punishes and
rewards; and eventually that he will elect me as his favorite
son; as God elected Abraham-Israel, as Isaac elected Jacob,
as God elects his favorite nation. In the matriarchal aspect
of religion, I love God as an all-embracing mother. I have
faith in her love, that no matter whether I am poor and
powerless, no matter whether I have sinned, she will love
me, she will not prefer any other of her children to me;
whatever happens to me, she will rescue me, will save me,
will forgive me. Needless to say, my love for God and God's
love for me cannot be separated. If God is a father, he loves
me like a son and I love him like a father. If God is mother,
her and my love are determined by this fact.
I This difference between the motherly and the fatherly
\ aspects of the love of God is, however, only one factor in

■ 16 Psalm 22:9.



68 THE ART OF LOVING

determining the nature of this love; the other factor is the
degree of maturity reached by the individual, hence in his
concept of God and in his love for God.

Since the evolution of the human race shifted from a
mother-centered to a father-centered structure of society, as
well as of religion, we can trace the development of a matur-
ing love mainly in the development of patriarchal religion. 17
In the beginning of this development we find a despotic,
jealous God, who considers man, whom he created, as his
property, and is entitled to do with him whatever he pleases.
This is the phase of religion in which God drives man out of
paradise, lest he eat from the tree of knowledge and thus
could become God himself; this is the phase in which God
decides to destroy the human race by the flood, because none
of them pleases him, with the exception of the favorite son,
Noah; this is the phase in which God demands from Abra-
ham that he kill his only, his beloved son, Isaac, to prove
his love for God by the act of ultimate obedience. But
simultaneously a new phase begins; God makes a covenant
with Noah, in which he promises never to destroy the human
race again, a covenant by which he is bound himself. Not
only is he bound by his promises, he is also bound by his
own principle, that of justice, and on this basis God must
yield to Abraham's demand to spare Sodom if there are at
least ten just men. But the development goes further than
transforming God from the figure of a despotic tribal chief

17 This holds true especially for the monotheistic religions of the
West. In Indian religions the mother figures retained a good deal of
influence, for instance in the Goddess Kali; in Buddhism and Taoism
the concept of a God — or a Goddess — was without essential signif-
icance, if not altogether eliminated.



THE THEORY OF LOVE 69

into a loving father, into a father who himself is bound by
the principles which he has postulated; it goes in the direc-
tion of transforming God from the figure of a father into a
symbol of his principles, those of justice, truth and love.
God is truth, God is justice. In this development God ceases
to be a person, a man, a father; he becomes the symbol of
the principle of unity behind the manifoldness of phenomena,
of the vision of the flower which will grow from the spir-
itual seed within man. God cannot have a name. A name
always denotes a thing, or a person, something finite. How
can God have a name, if he is not a person, not a thing?

The most striking incident of this change lies in the Bib-
lical story of God's revelation to Moses. When Moses tells
him that the Hebrews will not believe that God has sent
him, unless he can tell them God's name (how could idol
worshipers comprehend a nameless God, since the very
essence of an idol is to have a name?), God makes a con-
cession. He tells Moses that his name is "I am becoming
that which I am becoming." "I-am-becoming is my name."
The "I-am-becoming" means that God is not finite, not a
person, not a "being." The most adequate translation of the
sentence would be: tell them that "my name is nameless."
The prohibition to make any image of God, to pronounce
his name in vain, eventually to pronounce his name at all,
aims at the same goal, that of freeing man from the idea that
God is a father, that he is a person. Iri the subsequent theo-
logical development, the idea is carried further in the prin-
ciple that one must not even give God any positive attribute.
To say of God that he is wise, strong, good implies again
that he is a person; the most I can do is to say what God is



70 THE ART OF LOVING

not, to state negative attributes, to postulate that he is not
limited, not unkind, not unjust. The more I know what God
is not, the more knowledge I have of God. 18

Following the maturing idea of monotheism in its further
consequences can lead only to one conclusion: not to men-
tion God's name at all, not to speak about God. Then God
becomes what he potentially is in monotheistic theology,
the nameless One, an inexpressible stammer, referring to the
unity underlying the phenomenal universe, the ground of all
existence; God becomes truth, love, justice. God is I, inas-
much as I am human.

Quite evidently this evolution from the anthropomorphic
to the pure monotheistic principle makes all the difference to
the nature of the love of God. The God of Abraham can be
loved, or feared, as a father, sometimes his forgiveness, some-
times his anger being the dominant aspect. Inasmuch as God
is the father, I am the child. I have not emerged fully from
the autistic wish for omniscience and omnipotence. I have
not yet acquired the objectivity to realize my limitations as
a human being, my ignorance, my helplessness. I still claim,
like a child, that there must be a father who rescues me,
who watches me, who punishes me, a father who likes me
when I am obedient, who is flattered by my praise and
angry because of my disobedience. Quite obviously, the
majority of people have, in their personal development, not
overcome this infantile stage, and hence the belief in God to
most people is the belief in a helping father — a childish illu-
sion. In spite of the fact that this concept of religion has
been overcome by some of the great teachers of the human

18 Cf. Maimonides' concept of the negative attributes in The Guide
for the Perplexed.



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race, and by a minority of men, it is still the dominant form
bi religion.

Inasmuch as this is so, the criticism of the idea of God, as
it was expressed by Freud, is quite correct. The error, how-
ever, was in the fact that he ignored the other aspect of
; monotheistic religion, and its true kernel, the logic of which
leads exactly to the negation of this concept of God. The
truly religious person, if he follows the essence of the mono-
theistic idea, does not pray for anything, does not expect
anything from God; he does not love God as a child loves
his father or his mother; he has acquired the humility of
sensing his limitations, to the degree of knowing that he
knows nothing about God. God becomes to him a symbol in
which man, at an earlier stage of his evolution, has expressed
the totality of that which man is striving for, the realm of
the spiritual world, of love, truth and justice. He has faith
in the principles which "God" represents; he thinks truth,
lives love and justice, and considers all of his life only valu-
able inasmuch as it gives him the chance to arrive at an ever
fuller unfolding of his human powers — as the only reality
that matters, as the only object of "ultimate concern"; and,
| eventually, he does not speak about God — nor even mention
his name, To love God, if he were going to use this word,
would mean, then, to long for the attainment of the full
capacity to love, for the realization of that which "God"
stands for in oneself.

From this point of view, the logical consequence of
monotheistic thought is the negation of all "theo-logy," of
all "knowledge about God." Yet, there remains a difference
between such a radical non-theological view and a non-



72 THE ART OF LOVING

theistic system, as we find it, for instance in early Buddhism
or in Taoism.

In all theistic systems, even a non-theological, mystical
one, there is the assumption of the reality of the spiritual
realm, as one transcending man, giving meaning and validity
to man's spiritual powers and his striving for salvation and
inner birth. In a non-theistic system, there exists no spiritual
realm outside of man or transcending him. The realm of
love, reason and justice exists as a reality only because, and
inasmuch as, man has been able to develop these powers in
himself throughout the process of his evolution. In this view
there is no meaning to life, except the meaning man himself
gives to it; man is utterly alone except inasmuch as he helps
another.

Having spoken of the love of God, I want to make it clear
that I myself do not think in terms of a theistic concept, and
that to me the concept of God is only a historically condi-
tioned one, in which man has expressed his experience of his
higher powers, his longing for truth and for unity at a given
historical period. But I believe also that the consequences of
strict monotheism and a non-theistic ultimate concern with
the spiritual reality are two views which, though different,
need not fight each other.

At this point, however, another dimension of the problem
of the love of God arises, which must be discussed in order
to fathom the complexity of the problem. I refer to a funda-
mental difference in the religious attitude between the East
(China and India) and the West; this difference can be ex-
pressed in terms of logical concepts. Since Aristotle, the
Western world has followed the logical principles of Aris-



THE THEORY OF LOVE 73

totelian philosophy. This logic is based on the law of identity
which states that A is A, the law of contradiction (A is not
non-A) and the law of the excluded middle (A cannot be
A and non-A, neither A nor non-A). Aristotle explains
his position very clearly in the following sentence: "It is im-
possible for the same thing at the same time to belong and
not to belong to the same thing and in the same respect; and
whatever other distinctions we might add to meet dialectical
objections, let them be added. This, then, is the most certain
of all principles. . . ." 19

This axiom of Aristotelian logic has so deeply imbued our
habits of thought that it is felt to be "natural" and self-
evident, while on the other hand the statement that X is A
and not A seems to be nonsensical. (Of course, the statement
refers to the subject X at a given time, not to X now and X
later, or one aspect of X as against another aspect.)

In opposition to Aristotelian logic is what one might call
paradoxical logic, which assumes that A and non-A do not
exclude each other as predicates of X. Paradoxical logic was
predominant in Chinese and Indian thinking, in the phi-
losophy of Heraclitus, and then again, under the name of
dialectics, it became the philosophy of Hegel, and of Marx.
The general principle of paradoxical logic has been clearly
described by Lao-tse. "Words that are strictly true seem to be
paradoxical" 20 And by Chuang-tzu : "That which is one is

19 Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book Gamma, 1005b. 20. Quoted from
Aristotle* s Metaphysics, newly translated by Richard Hope, Columbia
University Press, New York, 1952.

20 Lao-tse, The Tdo Teh King, The Sacred Books of the East, ed.
by F. Max Mueller, Vol. XXXIX, Oxford University Press, London,
1927, p. 120.



74 THE ART OF LOVING

one. That which. is not-one, is also one." These formulations
of paradoxical logic are positive : it is and it is not. Another
formulation is negative: it is neither this nor that. The
former expression of thought we find in Taoistic thought, in
Heraclitus and again in Hegelian dialectics; the latter formu-
lation is frequent in Indian philosophy.

Although it would transcend the scope of this book to give
a more detailed description of the difference between Aris-
totelian and paradoxical logic, I shall mention a few illustra-
tions in order to make the principle more understandable.
Paradoxical logic in Western thought has its earliest philo-
sophical expression in Heraclitus 9 philosophy. He assumes
the conflict between opposites is the basis of all existence.
"They do not understand," he says, "that the all-One, con-
flicting in itself, is identical with itself: conflicting harmony
as in the bow and in the lyre." 21 Or still more clearly: "We
go into the same river, and yet not in the same; it is we and
it is not we" 22 Or "One and the same manifests itself in
things as living and dead, waking and sleeping, young and
old." 23

In Lao-tse's philosophy the same idea is expressed in a
more poetic form. A characteristic example of Taoist para-
doxical thinking is the following statement : "Gravity is the
root of lightness; stillness the ruler of movement." 24 Or "The
Tao in its regular course does nothing and so there is noth-

21 W. Capelle, Die Vorsokratiker, Alfred Kroener Verlag, Stuttgart,
1953, p. 134. (My translation. E. F.)

22 Ibid., p. 132.
™ Ibid., p. 133.

24 Mueller, op. cit., p. 69.



THE THEORY OF LOVE 75

ing which he does not do." 25 Or "My words are very easy
to know, and very easy to practice; but there is no one in
the world who is able to know and able to practice them.' 3 26
In Taoist thinking, just as in Indian and Socratic thinking,
the highest step to which thought can lead is to know that
we do not know. "To know and yet [think] we do not know
is the highest [attainment] ; not to know [and yet think] we
do know is a disease. 35 27 It is only a consequence of this
philosophy that the highest God cannot be named. The ulti-
mate reality, the ultimate One cannot be caught in words
or in thoughts. As Lao-tse puts it, "The Tao that can be
trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name
that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging
name. 33 28 Or, in a different formulation, "We look at it, and
we do not see it, and we name it the 'Equable. 3 We listen to
it, and we do not hear it, and we name it the 'Inaudible.'
We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name
it 'the Subtle. 5 With these three qualities, it can not be made
the subject of description ; and hence we blend them together
and obtain The One. 33 29 And still another formulation of
the same idea: "He who knows [the Tao] does not [care
to] speak [about it] ; he who is [however ready to] speak
about it does not know it. 33 30

Brahmanic philosophy was concerned with the relation-
ship between manifoldness ( of phenomena ) and unity

25 Ibid., p. 79.

26 ibid., p. 112.

27 ibid., p. 113.

28 Ibid., p. 47.

29 Ibid., p. 57.
so Ibid., p. 100.



76 THE ART OF LOVING

(Brahman). But paradoxical philosophy is neither in India
nor in China to be confused with a dualistic standpoint. The
harmony (unity) consists in the conflicting position from
which it is made up. "Brahmanical thinking was centered
from the beginning around the paradox of the simultaneous
antagonisms — yet — identity of the manifest forces and forms
of the phenomenal world. . . ." 31 The ultimate power in
the Universe as well as in man transcends both the con-
ceptual and the sensual sphere. It is therefore "neither this
nor thus." But, as Zimmer remarks, "there is no antagonism
between c real and unreal' in this strictly non-dualistic realiza-
tion." 32 In their search for unity behind manifoldness, the
Brahman thinkers came to the conclusion that the perceived
pair of opposites reflects the nature not of things but of the
perceiving mind. The perceiving thought must transcend
itself if it is to attain true reality. Opposition is a category
of man's mind, not in itself an element of reality. In the
Rig- Veda the principle is expressed in this form: "I am the
two, the life force and the life material, the two at once."
The ultimate consequence of the idea that thought can only
perceive in contradictions has found an even more drastic
sequence in Vedantic thinking, which postulates that thought
— with all its fine distinction — was "only a more subtle hori-
zon of ignorance, in fact the most subtle of all the deluding
devices of maya." 33

Paradoxical logic has a significant bearing on the concept

31 H. R. Zimmer, Philosophies of India, Pantheon Books, New York,
195L

3 2 Ibid,

33 Ibid., p. 424.



THE THEORY OF LOVE 77

; of God. Inasmuch as God represents the ultimate reality,

and inasmuch as the human mind perceives reality in con-

| tradictions, no positive statement can be made of God. In

; the Vedantas the idea of an omniscient and omnipotent God

!'■ is considered the ultimate form of ignorance. 34 We see here
the connection with the namelessness of the Tao, the name-

' less name of the God who reveals himself to Moses, of the
"absolute Nothing 55 of Meister Eckhart. Man can only know
the negation, never the position of ultimate reality. "Mean-
while man can not know what God is, even though he be
ever so well aware of what God is not. . . . Thus contented
with nothing, the mind clamors for the highest good of
all." 35 For Meister Eckhart, "The Divine One is a negation
of negations, and a denial of denials. . . . Every creature
contains a negation: one denies that it is the other." 36 It is
only a further consequence that God becomes for Meister
Eckhart "The absolute Nothing," just as the ultimate reality
is the "En Sof," the Endless One, for the Kabalah.

I have discussed the difference between Aristotelian and
paradoxical logic in order to prepare the ground for an im-
portant difference in the concept of the love of God. The
teachers of paradoxical logic say that man can perceive
reality only in contradictions, and can never perceive in
thought the ultimate reality-unity, the One itself. This led
to the consequence that one did not seek as the ultimate aim
to find the answer in thought. Thought can only lead us to

84 Cf. Zimmer, ibid., p. 424.

35 Meister Eckhart, translated by R. B. Blakney, Harper & Brothers,
New York, 1941, p. 114.

36 Ibid., p. 247. Cf. also the negative theology of Maimonides.



78 THE ART OF LOVING

the knowledge that it cannot give us the ultimate answer.
The world of thought remains caught in the paradox. The
only way in which the world can be grasped ultimately lies,
not in thought, but in the act, in the experience of oneness.
Thus paradoxical logic leads to the conclusion that the love
of God is neither the knowledge of God in thought, nor the
thought of one's love of God, but the act of experiencing the
oneness with God.

This leads to the emphasis on the right way of living. All
of life, every little and every important action, is devoted to
the knowledge of God, but a knowledge not in right thought,
but in right action. This can be clearly seen in Oriental re-
ligions. In Brahmanism as well as in Buddhism and Taoism,
the ultimate aim of religion is not the right belief, but the
right action. We find the same emphasis in the Jewish re-
ligion. There was hardly ever a schism over belief in the
Jewish tradition (the one great exception, the difference be-
tween Pharisees and Sadducees, was essentially one of two
opposite social classes). The emphasis of the Jewish religion
was (especially from the beginning of our era on) on the
right way of living, the Halacha (this word actually having
the same meaning as the Tao) .

In modern history, the same principle is expressed in the
thought of Spinoza, Marx and Freud. In Spinoza's philoso-
phy the emphasis is shifted from the right belief to the right
conduct of life. Marx stated the same principle when he
said, "The philosophers have interpreted the world in dif-
ferent ways — the task is to transform it." Freud's paradoxical
logic leads him to the process of psychoanalytic therapy, the
ever deepening experience of oneself.



THE THEORY OF LOVE 79

From the standpoint of paradoxical logic the emphasis is
not on thought, but on the act. This attitude had several
other consequences. First of all, it led to the tolerance which
we find in Indian and Chinese religious development. If the
right thought is not the ultimate truth, and not the way to
salvation, there is no reason to fight others, whose thinking
has arrived at different formulations. This tolerance is beau-
tifully expressed in the story of several men who were asked
to describe an elephant in the dark. One, touching his trunk,
said "this animal is like a water pipe" ; another, touching
his ear, said "this animal is like a fan" ; a third, touching
; his legs, described the animal as a pillar.

Secondly, the paradoxical standpoint led to the emphasis
i on transforming man, rather than to the development of
dogma on the one hand, and science on the other. From the
; Indian, Chinese and mystical standpoints, the religious task
of man is not to think right, but to act right, and/or to
become one with the One in the act of concentrated medita-
tion.

The opposite is true for the main stream of Western
thought. Since one expected to find the ultimate truth in the
right thought, major emphasis was on thought, although
right action was held to be important too. In religious de-
velopment this led to the formulation of dogmas, endless
arguments about dogmatic formulations, and intolerance of
the "non-believer" or heretic. It furthermore led to the
emphasis on "believing in God" as the main aim of a re-
ligious attitude. This, of course, did not mean that there
was not also the concept that one ought to live right. But



80 THE ART OF LOVING

nevertheless, the person who believed in God — even if he
did not live God — felt himself to be superior to the one
who lived God, but did not "believe" in him.

The emphasis on thought has also another and historically
a very important consequence. The idea that one could find
the truth in thought led not only to dogma, but also to
science. In scientific thought, the correct thought is all that
matters, both from the aspect of intellectual honesty, as well
as from the aspect of the application of scientific thought to
practice — that is, to technique.

In short, paradoxical thought led to tolerance and an
effort toward self-transformation. The Aristotelian stand-
point led to dogma and science, to the Catholic Church, and
to the discovery of atomic energy.

The consequences of this difference between the two stand-
points for the problem of the love of God have already been
explained implicitly, and need only to be summarized briefly.

In the dominant Western religious system, the love of God
is essentially the same as the belief in God, in God's exist-
ence, God's justice, God's love. The love of God is essentially
a thought experience. In the Eastern religions and in mys-
ticism, the love of God is an intense feeling experience of
oneness, inseparably linked with the expression of this love in
every act of living. The most radical formulation has been
given to this goal by Meister Eckhart: "If therefore I am
changed into God and He makes me one with Himself, then,
by the living God, there is no distinction between us. . . .
Some people imagine that they are going to see God, that
they are going to see God as if he were standing yonder, and
they here, but it is not to be so. God and I: we are one.



THE THEORY OF LOVE



8l



By knowing God I take him to myself. By loving God, I
penetrate him," 37

We can return now to an important parallel between the
love for one's parents and the love for God. The child starts
out by being attached to his mother as "the ground of all
being. 55 He feels helpless and needs the all-enveloping love
of mother. He then turns to father as the new center of his
affections, father being a guiding principle for thought and
action; in this stage he is motivated by the need to acquire
father's praise, and to avoid his displeasure. In the stage of
full maturity he has freed himself from the person of mother
and of father as protecting and commanding powers; he has
established the motherly and fatherly principles in himself.
He has become his own father and mother; he is father and
mother. In the history of the human race we see — and can
anticipate — the same development: from the beginning of
the love for God as the helpless attachment to a mother
Goddess, through the obedient attachment to a fatherly God,
to a mature stage where God ceases to be an outside power,
where man has incorporated the principles of love and jus-
tice into himself, where he has become one with God, and
eventually, to a point where he speaks of God only in a
poetic, symbolic sense.

From these considerations it follows that the love for God
cannot be separated from the love for one's parents. If a per-
son does not emerge from incestuous attachment to mother,
clan, nation, if he retains the childish dependence on a
punishing and rewarding father, or any other authority, he
cannot develop a more mature love for God; then his re-

37 Meister Eckhart, op. cit., pp. 181-2.



82 THE ART OF LOVING

ligion is that of the earlier phase of religion, in which
God was experienced as an all-protective mother or a
punishing-rewarding father.

In contemporary religion we find all the phases, from the
earliest and most primitive development to the highest, still
present. The word "God" denotes the tribal chief as well as
the "absolute Nothing.' 5 In the same way, each individual
retains in himself, in his unconscious, as Freud has shown,
all the stages from the helpless infant on. The question is to
what point he has grown. One thing is certain : the nature
of his love for God corresponds to the nature of his love for
man, and furthermore, the real quality of his love for God
and man often is unconscious — covered up and rationalized
by a more mature thought of what his love is. Love for
man, furthermore, while directly embedded in his relations
to his family, is in the last analysis determined by the struc-
ture of the society in which he lives. If the social structure
is one of submission to authority — overt authority or the
anonymous authority of the market and public opinion, his
concept of God must be infantile and far from the mature
concept, the seeds of which are to be found in the history
of monotheistic religion.


Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on November 01, 2017, 12:31:04 PM
"At a still later stage man gives his gods the form of human beings. It seems that this can happen only when he has become still more aware of himself, and when he has discovered man as the highest and most dignified "thing" in the world."

Interesting.  Is there another stage, for us as humans, on the horizon?  Are we presently seeing the birth of that stage?  Are we escaping our delusions expressed by Sagan, that of privilege, self-worth, and special position in the universe?   
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on January 28, 2018, 20:11:33 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on July 21, 2017, 08:47:23 AM
I've sort of overextended my reading as of lately. Three books going at once.

I'm struggling to finish John Galligan's fourth and last installment of his fly-fishing mystery series.

I'm trying to find time to make meaningful headway further into Millard's "The River of Doubt."

I'm also reading intermittently, "The Passing of the Night" by Robinson Risner.

With limited time, I have finally finished all three of these.

"The River of Doubt" was highly enjoyable after the first 40 pages or so of political talk.

I'm prospecting for something new. Has anyone read "The Worst Journey in the World"....?

Other suggestions?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on January 28, 2018, 20:17:45 PM
"The Lost City of Z"?

"Into the Wild"?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: driver on January 28, 2018, 22:17:48 PM
I meant to post this a while back.

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

This an interesting read. Sheds a lot of light on coyote populations. It is also very bais, in favor of the coyote.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0465093728/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517195749&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=coyote+america&dpPl=1&dpID=51sXC5T%2BPwL&ref=plSrch

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Post by: Jfey on January 31, 2018, 20:55:06 PM
Quote from: driver on January 28, 2018, 22:17:48 PM
I meant to post this a while back.

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

This an interesting read. Sheds a lot of light on coyote populations. It is also very bais, in favor of the coyote.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0465093728/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517195749&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=coyote+america&dpPl=1&dpID=51sXC5T%2BPwL&ref=plSrch

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He's been on Joe Rogan's podcast a few times.   Very interesting to hear what he has to say about coyotes.   


Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Beetle on February 01, 2018, 09:09:42 AM
Thanks for posting this one.    I'm interested in learning more about them since they wake me up every night!
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: natureboy on February 02, 2018, 16:38:46 PM
I'm wrapping up Abbey's Desert Solitaire, I've enjoyed it.  Doug how was the Hillbilly Elegy?  I have it on the shelf, but haven't queued it up yet.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dougfish on February 02, 2018, 18:45:44 PM
Quote from: natureboy on February 02, 2018, 16:38:46 PM
I'm wrapping up Abbey's Desert Solitaire, I've enjoyed it.  Doug how was the Hillbilly Elegy?  I have it on the shelf, but haven't queued it up yet.
It was good not great. I think I was maybe too educated on the basic premise. The personal side of the book was the highlight for me. How folks rise up from shitty upbringings is amazing. He is 1 in a thousand? A hundred thousand?

Went back and re-read Rocket Boys after that. Another great story of perseverance.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on February 02, 2018, 22:13:44 PM
I'm into Hillbilly Elegy now. Not loving it so far. I'll continue to muddle onward.....
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Post by: Dougfish on February 14, 2018, 17:09:16 PM
New to the plate.
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I enjoy some of King's work — others, not so much. I especially enjoyed "Under the Dome." That was a long read.

The Jonestown book, "A Thousand Lives," was good. It's amazing and frightening at what and how people succumb to manipulative treatment. I was glued to this book.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 15, 2018, 11:50:26 AM
Ray Comfort?  This Ray Comfort!!!   

8-13 bucks on Amazon - save your money or buy a half dozen or so of Marvel Comics.

http://youtu.be/BXLqDGL1FSg
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Phil on February 15, 2018, 11:52:34 AM
I want to read that brook trout book. Would like to read your review first, Doug.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on February 15, 2018, 16:43:02 PM
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Another good read. Great example of a book that's better than the movie.

When I initially read Peter Benchley's, "Jaws," I was taken back by the scenes that were in the book but never existed in the ever popular seventies flick. Love that book/movie.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 15, 2018, 16:57:45 PM
The detail that you purchased Comfort screams cynicism.  I hope you found it in the bargain bucket at Wal-Mart and had a fragile moment. 

Whelen and Angier (1965) are on their way to my mailbox. 
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 15, 2018, 19:30:47 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 15, 2018, 16:57:45 PM

The detail that you purchased Comfort screams cynicism.  I hope you found it in the bargain bucket at Wal-Mart and had a fragile moment. 


I'm unable to recall where, or, really, why, I purchased that book. It was a waste of time and money. Cynical, I am.


Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on February 15, 2018, 20:51:26 PM
How are the galliagan books? I read nail knot years ago and had trouble staying awake long enough to read it. Did they get any better?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 15, 2018, 21:42:14 PM
Quote from: greg on February 15, 2018, 20:51:26 PM
How are the galliagan books? I read nail knot years ago and had trouble staying awake long enough to read it. Did they get any better?

They're all sort of similar. I took breaks while reading them all. They're okay.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Phil on February 16, 2018, 09:00:59 AM
This book is for Muddy. He needs instructions.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dougfish on February 16, 2018, 11:41:50 AM
Quote from: Phil on February 15, 2018, 11:52:34 AM
I want to read that brook trout book. Would like to read your review first, Doug.

379 pages.  :o
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: driver on February 16, 2018, 11:50:17 AM
Quote from: Phil on February 16, 2018, 09:00:59 AM
This book is for Muddy. He needs instructions.

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That book is dumb AF.

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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on February 16, 2018, 13:05:11 PM
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Anything by McCarthy is superlative.  My favorite is the Orchard Keeper and if you want to laugh out loud like a hyena check out his book "Suttree".

Glad to see this. I've been wanting to get into McCarthy, but always get tied up in something else.

Currently finishing up Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan and re-reading Dharma Bums while in search of some sort of inspiration.

Dharma Bums is Kerouac for high school freshmen.  Give Desolation Angels a spin if you're man enough.

Will. Interested in The Tower, let me know how that one is.

I am finally getting around to reading this.  It's actually pretty interesting.  As suspected it is very first world problems but raises some interesting questions about "outdoor" ethics.
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Post by: Aka on February 16, 2018, 15:58:12 PM
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I've met @Dougfish 's wife and she is wonderful.  She let's him fish, drink beer and spend time with the likes of all of us here.

Strike 1 for @Mudwall Gatewood 3.0

Yeah, I do have a pretty sweet gig.  -0-

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I just finished that on a quick trip to Seattle last week. Well written, interesting, not sure how I feel about everything he says but a hell of a story.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on February 17, 2018, 10:01:35 AM
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Finished this earlier this morning. It took me a bit to get into it. Oftentimes, I'd find myself with the book in my lap — my eyes gazing at nothing out a window. Some areas of this book and the author's experiences came as a sucker punch; many things I reflected upon, and even understood a little better after completing this book. I'm glad you guys brought this to the book thread. Enjoyed it.

Now for new material......decisions.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on February 17, 2018, 12:12:09 PM
Right now, I'm reading Ron Rash's Something Rich and Strange. Very good. Ron Rash is one of my favorite authors.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: natureboy on February 19, 2018, 11:50:41 AM
I started reading Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire this weekend, it's pretty intense so far.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 19, 2018, 12:58:32 PM
I'm 100+ pages into Stephen King's, "The Stand" — one long book this will be. 1400+ pages if I'm not mistaken.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Phil on February 19, 2018, 12:59:51 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on February 19, 2018, 12:58:32 PM
I'm 100+ pages into Stephen King's, "The Stand" — one long book this will be. 1400+ pages if I'm not mistaken.

It's one of King's best imo.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 19, 2018, 13:14:32 PM
Quote from: Phil on February 19, 2018, 12:59:51 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on February 19, 2018, 12:58:32 PM
I'm 100+ pages into Stephen King's, "The Stand" — one long book this will be. 1400+ pages if I'm not mistaken.

It's one of King's best imo.

That's what I keep hearing and reading. I've tried a few times to get into it and failed. It's looking a bit more promising this go around. I have the extended and uncut version which is much longer than the original after it was edited down to 800-some pages.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on February 19, 2018, 18:34:13 PM
Quote from: natureboy on February 19, 2018, 11:50:41 AM
I started reading Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire this weekend, it's pretty intense so far.

Good one.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on February 19, 2018, 18:42:57 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on February 19, 2018, 12:58:32 PM
I'm 100+ pages into Stephen King's, "The Stand" — one long book this will be. 1400+ pages if I'm not mistaken.

Another good one. Probably my favorite of King's stuff, and I've read about all of them.


If any of you have never read Ron Rash, pick up one of his collections of short stories, or a novel like The World Made Straight, One Foot in Eden, or any of the others. He is one of the best voices of Appalachia.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 22, 2018, 16:57:06 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 15, 2018, 16:57:45 PM
Whelen and Angier (1965) are on their way to my mailbox.

I received 2 copies of this by mistake -- ended up paying for 2 but dirt cheap.

The first person to PM w/ name and mailing address can have it - free and I'll mail next week.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dougfish on February 22, 2018, 17:01:16 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 22, 2018, 16:57:06 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on February 15, 2018, 16:57:45 PM
Whelen and Angier (1965) are on their way to my mailbox.

I received 2 copies of this by mistake -- ended up paying for 2 but dirt cheap.

The first person to PM w/ name and mailing address can have it - free and I'll mail next week.
Buy a book on "How to respond to email and other modern communications beyond smoke signals".

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: themidge on February 22, 2018, 21:35:58 PM
Read Hillbilly Elegy and really enjoyed it. Now reading Pottlikker Papers by John Edge: https://www.amazon.com/Potlikker-Papers-History-Modern-South/dp/1594206554

Good so far, but not far enough in to give a true assessment.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on February 23, 2018, 11:09:58 AM
Big fan of Ron Rash and John T. Edge. 
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Post by: Yallerhammer on February 27, 2018, 08:43:55 AM
Just read To Kill a Mockingbird again, haven't read it in a couple decades. Still good.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on March 08, 2018, 18:29:21 PM
I just read Don Starkell's Paddle to the Amazon. Interesting tale. A guy and his son hop into a canoe in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They paddle it up the Red River, down the Mississippi, then through the Intracoastal Waterway to the Mexican border. Then they paddle down the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to South America. They paddle around the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela to Trinidad. Then they head up the Orinoco River, across to the Rio Negro, which they paddle down to the Amazon. Two years after they left Canada, they arrive at the mouth of the Amazon. Helluva trip.

I am currently reading the original 1818 version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on March 08, 2018, 18:35:12 PM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on March 08, 2018, 18:29:21 PM
I just read Don Starkell's Paddle to the Amazon. Interesting tale. A guy and his son hop into a canoe in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They paddle it up the Red River, down the Mississippi, then through the Intracoastal Waterway to the Mexican border. Then they paddle down the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to South America. They paddle around the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela to Trinidad. Then they head up the Orinoco River, across to the Rio Negro, which they paddle down to the Amazon. Two years after they left Canada, they arrive at the mouth of the Amazon. Helluva trip.

I am currently reading the original 1818 version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.

Would love to do something like that. I remember reading "Horry and the Waccamaw." I was ready to take off.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 09, 2018, 09:28:55 AM
Currently reading devil's highway.  I was hoping for more policy interspersed with the story but the story is pretty solid and well told.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 09, 2018, 09:31:10 AM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on March 08, 2018, 18:29:21 PM
I just read Don Starkell's Paddle to the Amazon. Interesting tale. A guy and his son hop into a canoe in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They paddle it up the Red River, down the Mississippi, then through the Intracoastal Waterway to the Mexican border. Then they paddle down the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to South America. They paddle around the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela to Trinidad. Then they head up the Orinoco River, across to the Rio Negro, which they paddle down to the Amazon. Two years after they left Canada, they arrive at the mouth of the Amazon. Helluva trip.

I am currently reading the original 1818 version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
I'm a sucker for books like that.  A couple that come to mind are "Backcast" by Lou Urecek, "Braving It" by James Campbell, and "River of Doubt".
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on March 09, 2018, 11:29:34 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on March 09, 2018, 09:31:10 AM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on March 08, 2018, 18:29:21 PM
I just read Don Starkell's Paddle to the Amazon. Interesting tale. A guy and his son hop into a canoe in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They paddle it up the Red River, down the Mississippi, then through the Intracoastal Waterway to the Mexican border. Then they paddle down the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama to South America. They paddle around the coasts of Colombia and Venezuela to Trinidad. Then they head up the Orinoco River, across to the Rio Negro, which they paddle down to the Amazon. Two years after they left Canada, they arrive at the mouth of the Amazon. Helluva trip.

I am currently reading the original 1818 version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.
I'm a sucker for books like that.  A couple that come to mind are "Backcast" by Lou Urecek, "Braving It" by James Campbell, and "River of Doubt".

I've read and have a copy of "River of Doubt." Great story, and I wish we still had presidents like Teddy. I'll have to check the other two out.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on March 09, 2018, 11:41:50 AM
Re-read this one a week or so ago, too.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on March 09, 2018, 12:49:01 PM
Harry Middleton is probably my favorite "fishing writer" of all time.  I think he is way underappreciated as an author in general, too. 
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on March 11, 2018, 17:19:08 PM
I reread on the spine of time and the earth is enough about once a year. Read the bright country and rivers of memory. Hope to someday snag a copy of starlight creek.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 04, 2018, 10:25:15 AM

Quote from: greg on March 11, 2018, 17:19:08 PMI reread on the spine of time and the earth is enough about once a year. Read the bright country and rivers of memory. Hope to someday snag a copy of starlight creek.





https://www.brfff.com/forum/index.php/topic,15169.0.html
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on April 10, 2018, 11:34:49 AM
another good one from david joy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/magazine/gun-culture-is-my-culture-and-i-fear-for-what-it-has-become.html
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Beetle on April 10, 2018, 16:31:03 PM
Reading this....anything by HS is pretty good
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:41:55 PM
Quote from: Beetle on April 10, 2018, 16:31:03 PM
Reading this....anything by HS is pretty good

I enjoyed that one a lot. 
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time. 
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Post by: Beetle on April 30, 2018, 08:07:36 AM
Enjoying this one.....a lot

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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on April 30, 2018, 08:21:58 AM
Interesting review

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/books/review/earth-is-weeping-peter-cozzens.html

the gist is this:

QuoteStill, I have a feeling the academic fight for the true legacy of the Indian Wars — Brown [author of Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee] versus Cozzens — has just begun.
Title: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on May 26, 2018, 16:48:26 PM
Finished "The Stand" earlier this evening. Complete and uncut version was the longest book I've read thus far at 1439 pages.

Interesting book.

Now for a new one to delve into....
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Post by: Dee-Vo on May 26, 2018, 17:08:40 PM
I'm starting Julia Navarro's "Story of a Sociopath."

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Post by: Beetle on June 01, 2018, 07:48:22 AM
I saw Woolly was reading this so I got it.......great combo of history, fishing, birds and true crime.    Read it in two nights



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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 01, 2018, 09:54:45 AM
Quote from: Beetle on June 01, 2018, 07:48:22 AM
I saw Woolly was reading this so I got it.......great combo of history, fishing, birds and true crime.    Read it in two nights

Wasn't that a great read! Couldn't put it down!


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 02, 2018, 05:59:54 AM
Here you go

https://lithub.com/thomas-mcguane-on-not-living-the-writers-life/


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on June 06, 2018, 10:45:19 AM
Been reading Michael Pollan's new book about 'shrooms (maaaan) after buying into the pre-release hype and must say, 100 pages in, it's a very interesting read.  Have a feel it will blow the doors of preconceived notions surrounding our fungi brother and the like.

Full name:  How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
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Post by: Jfey on June 07, 2018, 07:44:28 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time.

Agree.   That final scene was pretty crazy.  Stupid gringo.

Gives a new perspective on why so many  South of the border want to migrate out of there.
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Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on June 07, 2018, 09:19:42 AM
Quote from: Jeff Fey on June 07, 2018, 07:44:28 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time.

Agree.   That final scene was pretty crazy.  Stupid gringo.

Gives a new perspective on why so many  South of the border want to migrate out of there.

I bought some JPS Brown books after reading and the guy has a way with words and really captures the spirit of Sierra Madre (that sounded really professorial but couldn't come up with another way to say it).  Plot in Jim Kane is lacking but I would still read it.  I've had my eye on a forests of the night that doesn't cost $50 since reading. 
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Post by: Jfey on June 07, 2018, 10:46:40 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on June 07, 2018, 09:19:42 AM
Quote from: Jeff Fey on June 07, 2018, 07:44:28 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time.

Agree.   That final scene was pretty crazy.  Stupid gringo.

Gives a new perspective on why so many  South of the border want to migrate out of there.

I bought some JPS Brown books after reading and the guy has a way with words and really captures the spirit of Sierra Madre (that sounded really professorial but couldn't come up with another way to say it).  Plot in Jim Kane is lacking but I would still read it.  I've had my eye on a forests of the night that doesn't cost $50 since reading.

Cool I'll check those out.   Really interesting to learn about the way of life down there.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 11, 2018, 15:19:27 PM

Interview with the Author of The Feather Thief...


https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist
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Post by: driver on August 11, 2018, 15:33:25 PM
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter (https://amzn.to/2vGcR0U)


This was an interesting read. Again a little one sided, but makes you see beaver a little differently.

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Post by: Beetle on August 11, 2018, 21:55:27 PM
Thanks Driver.    I'm going to check that out. 

I enjoyed this one Cattle Kingdom (https://amzn.to/2OtJaak)

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Post by: NCsporksman on August 11, 2018, 22:31:18 PM


In A Far Country (https://amzn.to/2MjPST6)

Just read this again, pretty baller all around true AK story

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Post by: Dougfish on August 12, 2018, 08:38:16 AM
Lots of great suggestions, fellars. Bravo!

I owe you some feedback and previews.

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Appalachia. Meh. More of a masters thesis than a good book. Some good points, but not a good read.

Brook trout. Whew, long read. Learned alot though. Who would have thought that Long Island was a hot spot for brookies? Salters still there today. I was skipping over parts of some later chapters on Canadian waters when it was repititive. This book strengthened the premise that human beings suck.

Bryson's At Home is a re-read. Everything he has written is gold. I've read every one of his books 2 or more times. This one looks at the evolution of our residences. The rooms. The lighting, the plumbing, the cooking. Everything. And he makes it all so entertaining and educational at the same time.

The Feather Thief and War on Peace are my beach books. Can't wait.

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Post by: Beetle on August 16, 2018, 08:34:04 AM
Podcast Alert:

This American Life just did one on the Feather Thief.    Podcast #654

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist

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Post by: itieuglyflies on August 16, 2018, 15:04:23 PM
Just read Feather Thief last week ( like Woolly I could not put it down). Stumbled on the This American Life segment about this true story and they even had interviews with the author and some of the main characters in the book. All fly tiers should enjoy this fascinating read.
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Post by: BRFFF on August 16, 2018, 18:10:01 PM
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Back in the good ole days


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Post by: Dougfish on September 02, 2018, 08:18:49 AM
As reported before, The Feather Thief was a very good read. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login


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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 04, 2018, 09:41:30 AM
Finished another King novel, "Carrie". Much better than the movie, as usual.

Now, back to another non-fiction work.

Decisions, decisions.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 08, 2018, 15:34:34 PM
Just finished "The Catcher in the Rye". I'd heard lots about it over the years and figured what the hey.

I read it in 3 days. Not sure what the big deal with that book is? Sort of oddly written, maybe it's just me.

It does use the word, "goddam", more than any movie or piece of literature I've ever been involved with.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 14, 2018, 11:39:40 AM


This was one of the better books I've read in a good while. Finished it up this morning. I'll be picking up more of his work.

I enjoyed the story as much as I enjoyed the bits and pieces of history and factual enlightenment that is scattered throughout. An eye-opener.

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Now, next on my reading agenda: King's "'Salem's Lot", and Rohrig's "Lost on the Appalachian Trail". I'm swinging by the book store this evening to pick these up.

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Post by: Dougfish on November 14, 2018, 14:14:45 PM
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 14, 2018, 14:24:58 PM
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I remember you making that statement some time ago. I'll definitely be looking into more of his work. The one I just finished there, it actually had some funny stretches. I laughed out loud (yeah, lol) several times. Enjoyed it big time.
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Post by: Dougfish on November 14, 2018, 14:38:03 PM
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Title: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on November 14, 2018, 14:52:44 PM
Those portions were worth reading the book for. Lots of things highlighted and brought to attention in a brief but clearly comprehensible, effective way.

When speaking about the mountains and how they will eventually come and go — stopping and considering topics of that nature puts me in a trance.

How we perceive time in our little, blink of an eye lifetimes versus the actual immense, unfathomable measure of the full scope of the world's history can be hilarious.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on November 26, 2018, 15:16:43 PM
Bill Bryson is a good writer, but I just can't like anybody who would throw away Little Debbies.  :o
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 27, 2018, 21:33:54 PM
Finished up Kyle Rohrig's "Lost on the Appalachian Trail" earlier this evening."

Thoroughly enjoyed the detailed accounts of his adventure while thru-hiking the entire trail. I'd love to try and do something like that even if I had to do it in pieces.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 28, 2018, 09:19:36 AM
I'm still thinking about how Mr. Rohrig repeatedly and knowingly broke rules/policies and then wrote a book about it all.

Reminds me of when I post trip reports with photos of the "No Trespassing" signs along the way.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on December 05, 2018, 13:56:17 PM
Finished up with King's "'Salem's Lot" this afternoon. Good book. Kept me hooked pretty good.

Two more books are awaiting me at the bookstore. Looking forward to new material.

Reading has began to vary in subject. Fictional, non-fictional, adventure, etc. A good mix here and there is pleasant.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on December 06, 2018, 09:41:47 AM
Next three pieces of reading are as follows:

-- Stephen King's "The Shining" (beginning to see a trend here?)

-- Blair Braverman's "Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North" (what a title choice!)

-- John Boessenecker's "Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde" (looking forward to this one)


Thoughts? Suggestions?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 13, 2018, 13:57:43 PM
The Shining is a damned good book. A great book to let yourself fall wholly into with full imagination. Much better than the movie, per usual.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 17, 2018, 11:47:21 AM
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube brought some insight into the way of living in extreme northern regions. Somewhat interesting yet overall, meh.

A portion describing the night when the writer dug several feet deep down into the frozen tundra was the best. She'd dug several feet straight down, then several feet horizontally; this way she could get into her sleeping bag and be insulated while lying on her back (the hole was "L-shaped"), trapping her body heat underneath the accumulated feet of snow thus keeping warm through the night's frigid hours. Apparently, the hole was just a little larger than her own body.

She awoke the following morning with the grand surprise that a blizzard had filled the hole back in overnight and was frozen hard. She couldn't move and was confined to a space about like a casket. This description gave me the claustrophobic feels.



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Post by: BRFFF on December 18, 2018, 14:04:06 PM
Paradise only a buck fifty

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Title: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on December 24, 2018, 09:31:19 AM
https://amzn.to/2V4qEK1

50 years on Rocket Men tells the story of Apollo 8, the first mission to the moon!

I listened to the Audible version and found it fascinating, so much so that after listening to the entire book in 3 days I then watched Apollo 13, one of my favorite all time movies!

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BBC program on the mission with interviews with the astronauts and the author!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001qn1
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Post by: Beetle on December 27, 2018, 10:35:48 AM
I'm on the final homestretch of this series.    Malcolm turned me on to it.


https://amzn.to/2Vc5E3T
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Post by: Aka on December 27, 2018, 15:42:54 PM
Quote from: Beetle on December 27, 2018, 10:35:48 AM
I'm on the final homestretch of this series.    Malcolm turned me on to it.


https://amzn.to/2Vc5E3T

How is Malcolm?
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Post by: Dee-Vo on January 29, 2019, 20:50:39 PM
Copied from my FB.


Short stories? Anyone?

Just finished "Night Shift" by Mr. King.

Enjoyed most of them; a nice change of pace.

#jerusalemslot
#graveyardshift
#nightsurf
#iamthedoorway
#themangler
#theboogeyman
#graymatter
#battleground
#trucks
#sometimestheycomeback
#strawberryspring
#theledge
#thelawnmowerman
#quittersinc
#iknowwhatyouneed
#childrenofthecorn
#thelastrungontheladder
#themanwholovedflowers
#onefortheroad
#thewomanintheroom



Finished up with King's "The Dead Zone" late last night.

What a great book. Surprising to me that it's not more popular as many of his other works are.



Gillian Flynn's "Sharp Objects."

Enjoyed this.

A nice change up. Female authors offer a fresh spin with their own honest perspectives regarding people, situations, etc.

Thoughts? Suggestions?


Currently I'm reading the "One Second After" series. Very good so far.




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Post by: Dougfish on January 29, 2019, 22:29:06 PM
I've got three books started. For over four months.  b';
Work, work, work. Family life, fly tying, garden work, rod building get in the way.
An upcoming balcony on the Gulf coast might be the ticket.
Unless the fish are biting... V:;
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Post by: Dee-Vo on March 02, 2019, 20:54:01 PM
09944EB1-60F4-491F-B5D0-C474F7D3624C.jpegOne Second After by William Forstchen.

This was a great book. An eye-opener into what seems to be a very real and possible threat to our country. I’ve purchased the other two novels in this trilogy. Look forward to getting into those as well.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on March 19, 2019, 11:00:57 AM
This second novel in the trilogy is as good or better than the first. I'm looking forward to the third and final installment.one year after.jpg
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 09, 2019, 12:06:08 PM
I never thought about World War One prison escape stories. I was, from an early age, captivated by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape! I found this audiobook, The The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War by Neal Bascomb (https://amzn.to/2VwGlJG), in my local library's digital collection. It is a fascinating look back in time and I'm enjoying the stories of hardship, perseverance, failed attempts, and small successes.

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Check out the RB Digital (https://www.rbdigital.com/) app for access to your library's audiobook collections.


If you have a Prime Account you can watch the WWII epic for free https://amzn.to/2G0g2VN
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 16, 2019, 15:21:26 PM
The First Great Escape movie, a 44 minute BBC documentary about the main escape in the book in the above post, The Escape Artists, is available on Amazon and Free with Prime.

https://amzn.to/2InF7xj
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 21, 2019, 16:58:10 PM
Barnes and Nobles, Brown Dog, hardcover $6.98 - a must have!

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Post by: Dee-Vo on June 19, 2019, 09:40:32 AM
Updating on completed novels over the last couple of months:

I finished William Forstchen's "One Second After" trilogy. The last of the trilogy, "The Final Day", was great, as was the entire series.

I completed my first Harlan Coben book - "Home" - good read for sure. Maybe more of his stuff waiting for me in the future.

A few more of Stephen King's works that I've finished up - "The Long Walk," "Roadwork," "The Running Man," and "Rage." All great as usual.

Completed "The Revenant" by Michael Punke. A great book, better than the flick, in my eyes.

Another King novel that I finished a week or so ago was "Firestarter." Enjoyed it.

Many of the books I've been reading are from an era before my own. The lingo, settings, fashion, vehicles, etc., are a hoot. I have to look much of this up to comprehend what they're actually referring to.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on June 19, 2019, 17:06:26 PM
Just finished Cujo. Another King novel.

This book rocked. What a suspenseful book. Very much worth picking up!

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Post by: Dee-Vo on July 08, 2019, 08:14:15 AM
Another one retired to the bookshelf. A good book. I have many to read that you fellas have mentioned over the years here. Much work to do.48F627D0-0FF5-4A90-9375-24ABC4AE20DF.jpeg
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Post by: Dee-Vo on July 10, 2019, 12:56:47 PM
This was a little different than my normal choices in reading, but after adjusting a little early on, it was ok.

"Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom."

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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 06, 2019, 17:36:16 PM
Just finished this trilogy. Yes, I read it. I read all three back to back to back. Yep.

Subject matter was certainly something different for me. Comical how every female I encountered while going through these had read them already. These were not bad, but I'm so looking forward to starting something new.9831DFD4-4D22-47FA-B0AC-80211FFEC192.jpeg
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Post by: troutrus on August 06, 2019, 22:07:11 PM
Just finishing up with this one by John Ehle. Sad.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 07, 2019, 08:07:06 AM
Quote from: troutrus on August 06, 2019, 22:07:11 PMJust finishing up with this one by John Ehle. Sad.

Isn't reading out of doors grand?
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Post by: troutrus on August 07, 2019, 15:28:43 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on August 07, 2019, 08:07:06 AM
Quote from: troutrus on August 06, 2019, 22:07:11 PMJust finishing up with this one by John Ehle. Sad.

Isn't reading out of doors grand?
Yes, when weather and bugs permit.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 12, 2019, 21:45:29 PM
So many people have seen movies that were adapted from the original written story. Like the movie? Imagine how much you'd enjoy the original, more detailed version. Read.

This is a great example. A very good, creepy story. Just finished it.

I enjoy catching the subtle hints and references to other King stories. This book mentioned Cujo, The Shining, Derry, and Jerusalem's Lot.

#stephenking #petsematary #gage #micmacE48C7955-688E-4DB3-AA60-8B9476A9C87F.jpeg
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Post by: Sedition and Pockets on August 12, 2019, 22:31:36 PM
I have a habit of juggling several books at a time.  Gravity's Rainbow is a re-read.

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Post by: Big J on August 14, 2019, 11:50:10 AM
Thread has taken an odd turn with Fifty Shades of Grey, Lenin, and Marx making an appearance.  Feel like there is a ironic dominance and enslavement theme trending here now.
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Post by: Dougfish on August 14, 2019, 13:18:29 PM
To lighten it up:
Eating better, losing some poundage, team Dougfish diet.

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Hiking lighter, smarter, scheming, losing some poundage.

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Cutting back on dis,  0:0 , a wee bit of a problem. :laugh:


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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 22, 2019, 21:49:30 PM
If you love the outdoors, birds/birding in particular, as I have always enjoyed, you'll love this book. A great, true, and inspiring adventure of a young man chasing his passion. Finished this earlier today.

#kennkaufman #birds #bigyear #kingbirdhighway90739846-827C-4228-9E53-8C683DA80655.jpeg
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Post by: Beetle on August 23, 2019, 08:22:45 AM
Good one Devo- I will check that out!      Just finished Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire.....so good

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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 23, 2019, 13:46:19 PM
Quote from: Beetle on August 23, 2019, 08:22:45 AMGood one Devo- I will check that out!      Just finished Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire.....so good



I'll make a note to add that to my to-read list. (Yes, I have a list. Current list to order is 22 books strong at the current time.) I'm always open for suggestions. I would order it now, but I have 8 more stacked atop my bookcase awaiting attention still at the moment.
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Post by: driver on August 23, 2019, 14:30:54 PM
Devo, in IMGUR when you generate BBC code click "Huge Thumbnail" before you copy the text. You photos are massive.

Desert Solitaire is next in my queue on Audible.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 23, 2019, 21:52:06 PM
Quote from: driver on August 23, 2019, 14:30:54 PMDevo, in IMGUR when you generate BBC code click "Huge Thumbnail" before you copy the text. You photos are massive.

Desert Solitaire is next in my queue on Audible.

Thanks. I'll be using tapatalk again now that it's available. Hopefully pics won't be huge anymore.
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Post by: troutrus on August 29, 2019, 05:53:06 AM
Thanks for the tip Mudwall.
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naturgemälde - A nature painting portraying wholeness.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 29, 2019, 13:32:59 PM
Quote from: troutrus on August 29, 2019, 05:53:06 AMThanks for the tip Mudwall.

naturgemälde - A nature painting portraying wholeness.


 Fascinating study and an amazing read about the great era of exploration ! 
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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 30, 2019, 07:59:35 AM
Thanks for posting. Added that to my to-read list.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 30, 2019, 14:40:44 PM
I remember seeing the movie adaptation of this book when I was a lot younger. Just finished the book. Illustrations were impressive by Mr. Wrightson. A good, quick read.

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Post by: troutrus on August 31, 2019, 06:18:19 AM
A true gem from the local Dollar Tree. Best suited for men in their 60's or older, this kept me laughing out loud.

mahvelous- incredible, outstanding.

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Post by: troutrus on September 22, 2019, 08:16:29 AM
Informative read. Takes me back to my childhood in the 50's and 60's at the Jersey shore and seeing the insecticide fog truck treating areas where we played, fished, crabbed, and clammed. A few years later being subjected to the same in the workplace.
Not surprising to think of the numbers of friends/family members lost to cancer. 🙁5A9D5466-A11A-445C-9509-3B278AFB8609.jpeg
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Post by: Onslow on September 22, 2019, 19:23:30 PM
My next read will be Bethania, the Village by the BLack Walnut Bottom.

Those are familiar with the history of WS, or a descendant of the Moravians, are probably acquainted with, or know of the diaries written various people in the community from the mid 1750s onward until just before the civil war.  This book has some very up close and personal accounts of everyday life in the days leading up to the  Revolutionary War.  Some very juicy material here.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on October 09, 2019, 12:58:12 PM
Enjoyed this book big time! Mystery, truth, and history wrapped into one. 📚 #edwinrist #kirkwallacejohnson #alfredrusselwallace #deadbirds

Thanks to @Dougfish for mentioning this one.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 09, 2019, 15:30:08 PM
yup, a great true thriller and it involved a bulletin message board... 
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Post by: troutrus on October 23, 2019, 05:58:02 AM
"It's lovely to live on a raft"
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Post by: driver on October 23, 2019, 06:34:07 AM
My favorite Mark Twain book is "Life on the Mississippi" I highly recommend reading it.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 23, 2019, 11:08:05 AM
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I heard about this bio on a Dr. Drew podcast!
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 23, 2019, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: driver on October 23, 2019, 06:34:07 AMMy favorite Mark Twain book is "Life on the Mississippi" I highly recommend reading it.

And it's free!

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/245/245-h/245-h.htm
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Post by: Dee-Vo on October 23, 2019, 14:15:39 PM
I can't get into listening to a book; very handy, but I just don't absorb what's being read to me, I zone out.

Also -- I'm almost exclusively reading non-fiction at this point. Most of the other stuff suddenly lost its appeal.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 23, 2019, 15:18:03 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on October 23, 2019, 14:15:39 PMI can't get into listening to a book; very handy, but I just don't absorb what's being read to me, I zone out.

Also -- I'm almost exclusively reading non-fiction at this point. Most of the other stuff suddenly lost its appeal.

I hear ya on the zoning out bit... but it helps pass the time on the road!
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Post by: Dee-Vo on October 23, 2019, 19:33:55 PM
Enjoyed both books I've read by this fella. If you have an interest in birds in any capacity these will be good for you to check out. [emoji432] [emoji1659]

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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 12, 2019, 18:51:27 PM
One of the better books I've read. Wilderness, nature, desert, future. Enjoyed this man's views 100%. A book that makes you want to disappear for a while, or, maybe, from now on.

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Post by: troutrus on December 06, 2019, 19:20:24 PM
A relatively slow and difficult read for me, but picked up some new phrases and words, among which was TRUMPERY.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpery

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Post by: troutrus on January 04, 2020, 16:00:20 PM
In a world of divisive devices, science denial, and challenges to free speech, it is perhaps more relevant than at any time since it's original publication.
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https://amzn.to/2RIPHBt
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Post by: Dee-Vo on January 09, 2020, 21:34:49 PM


This book is packed with information. So glad to be finished with it! 📖 📚


The history and people covered in these pages are too much to try and fathom. It's truly amazing how the thoughts/concerns of folks that far back in time are still ringing true today....maybe even more so today than in their respective times.

To be so connected, so deeply and emotionally, as some are to nature is heartening.

#humboldt #thoreau #darwin #goethe #marsh #haeckel #muir #nature #andreawulff


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Post by: Dee-Vo on January 20, 2020, 10:40:23 AM
Quote from: Beetle on March 15, 2017, 09:08:38 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on March 15, 2017, 08:16:02 AMI love Emerald Mile.  Have given that book as a present many times.

How is the stranger in the woods?

Stranger in the Woods was a good read but danced around a lot.  You could tell the author had to weave in historical and philosophical references to fill pages because there just wasn't much story to tell beyond 9 hours of conversation with Chris Knight (in jail).  I'd wait and find a used copy if you can.




I concur. Just finished this one. Good story, but sort of thin, in my opinion. Being a hermit would be nice, I think. Many people never give themselves the opportunity to experience silence and true solitude -- away from everyone and everything. Future will hold more of this for me. Maybe I'll be a hermit one day....if I'm lucky.

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Post by: troutrus on January 22, 2020, 15:22:30 PM
"Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea."
― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea

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Post by: JMiller on January 22, 2020, 20:31:46 PM

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 26, 2020, 18:53:52 PM
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you can find a copy here BookFinder . Com (https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=,9QGJjpQunf24BcrNGk8NGgBCzU_1497963026_1:2:4&bq=author%3Dnelson%2520bryant%26title%3Dfresh%2520air%252C%2520bright%2520water%2520adventures%2520in%2520wood%252C%2520field%252C%2520and%2520stream)

I picked up this copy of Nelson Bryant's Book after reading his obit. It contains articles from his NYT column. Each story is a page and a half long. I was surprised to see the fourteenth was about Harper Creek, from back in the day when it was only open to anglers three days a week! They culled a 15 1/2" and a 13 brown.

Dr. Bahnson, who is mentioned in the story, a resident of Winston Salem, and a founding director of our TU Chapter (072)

QuoteBAHNSON
Dr. E. Reid Bahnson, 84, of Salemtowne the Moravian Retirement Community, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2002, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born Oct. 28, 1917, in Winston-Salem to Frederic Fries Bahnson and Blecker Reid Bahnson. He attended Central School, South Junior High School, Reynolds High School, Davidson College and was graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1938, Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Bahnson attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and was graduated in 1942 receiving the Alumni Medal for the highest academic average. He was a member of AOA Medical Fraternity. Dr. Bahnson served his internship and medical residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was a medical officer in the U.S. Navy from July 1943 until May 1946, serving in the South Pacific. Dr. Bahnson began practice of internal medicine in Winston-Salem September 1948. In February 1976 he became the medical director of Winston-Salem Health Care Plan Inc., retiring in October 1983. He served as medical director of Piedmont Airlines from 1952 until 1987, was the former president of Forsyth County Medical Society and was president of the medical staff at City Memorial Hospital in 1964. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, president of the North Carolina Orchid Society, a member of the board of directors of the American Rhododendron Society (1990-91), of the Piedmont Chapter, president of the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation , a lifelong member of Home Moravian Church, a member of the Board of World Missions of the Moravian Church and served on the board of directors of the Moravian Home. He was a founding director of Trout Unlimited. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Adler Bahnson of the Salemtowne Community; a daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Bahnson Halajian and husband Kenneth of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.; a son, Edward Reid Bahnson Jr. and wife Diane of Girdwood, Alaska; two grandchildren Michael Reid Halajian and Samuel John Halajian; and a brother, Dr. Henry T. Bahnson of Pittsburgh, Pa. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at Home Moravian Church by the Rev. Lehoma Goode and Dr. Robert Sawyer. Burial will follow in the Moravian Graveyard. Visitation will be in the Living Room of the Vogler Building at Moravian Salemtowne from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16. Please use the Bethabara Park Boulevard entrance. Memorials may be given to NC Botanical Garden of the University of NC at Chapel Hill, CB 3375 Totten Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375 or to the charity of the donor's choice.

I'll try and pinpoint the date this was written! 1968!

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You can find a copy here https://amzn.to/2GoVAyt

The very next story is about Outer Banks Fishing during the 11th international invitational blue marlin tournament! 

That would be in 1970!

Here is another NC story in the NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/27/sports/outdoors-elusive-north-carolina-trout.html
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Post by: troutrus on February 16, 2020, 16:12:21 PM
"Ever drifting down the stream-
 Lingering in the golden gleam-
 Life, what is it but a dream?"
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Post by: Beetle on February 17, 2020, 13:14:00 PM
Good one here...

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Post by: troutrus on February 26, 2020, 19:15:20 PM
Saltmarsh, where nature nurtures. My favorite ecosystem, and this light/fun read took me there.
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https://amzn.to/39hAxKI
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Post by: Dee-Vo on February 28, 2020, 08:54:13 AM
Quote from: troutrus on February 26, 2020, 19:15:20 PMSaltmarsh, where nature nurtures. My favorite ecosystem, and this light/fun read took me there.
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https://amzn.to/39hAxKI

I'm looking forward to reading that one. On my list...
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2020, 17:21:47 PM
I have no idea why it's taken me so long to get around to reading this  :P 23A63537-85E4-45B1-9426-D5FF15423118.jpeg

https://amzn.to/2IsXW00
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Post by: Dee-Vo on March 07, 2020, 08:23:59 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2020, 17:21:47 PMI have no idea why it's taken me so long to get around to reading this  :P 23A63537-85E4-45B1-9426-D5FF15423118.jpeg

https://amzn.to/2IsXW00

Read that ages ago. Wow.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on March 21, 2020, 23:26:18 PM
This makes the third book by Kenn Kaufman that I've read. Always very enjoyable. 🦅

The sheer magnitude of feats performed by migrating avian life on a normal basis is nothing less than amazing. And to think that it is overlooked and unnoticed by the vast majority of people is even more amazing. 📚

And this is but a tiny sliver of nature and its miracles.

Looking forward to more work from Mr. Kaufman.3023FED4-EE6D-4892-A2A4-CADC6AA4BC97.jpeg
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Post by: Dee-Vo on April 05, 2020, 03:11:03 AM
Out of all the King work I've read thus far, I think this one is the most 'out there' novel yet, besides maybe 'The Gunslinger.'

This was the first I'd read of Peter Straub, this convergence of these two accomplished authors' minds is pretty amazing.

The first 200-300 pages were tough to wrap my mind around, however, after a break for other reading, this was excellent.
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#flip #stephenking #peterstraub #thetalisman #territories
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Post by: Beetle on April 05, 2020, 18:16:22 PM
I am reading this.  It's a doomsday book about an EMP / nuke strike.    Based in Black Mountain.    A friend told me "I had to read it"

I don't do novels and can't say this one is going to change my opinion of them.   
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Post by: Phil on April 05, 2020, 18:41:22 PM
If it has a foreword by Newt, I'm probably not gonna like it.
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Post by: Dougfish on April 05, 2020, 20:51:30 PM
On a side note...
Watched "It's a Disaster" yesterday. Good dark comedy about couple's interactions during a nerve gas dirty bomb attack.
Got "Dr. Strangelove" que'd up on the computer for tomorrow. One of the best movies, ever.

Finishing up reading Rick Wilson's "Running Against The Devil". Good read and battle plan. And chuckles. 
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Post by: troutrus on April 06, 2020, 05:27:10 AM
"You're bound to get idears if you go thinkin' about stuff" j.s.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on April 06, 2020, 07:53:13 AM
Quote from: Beetle on April 05, 2020, 18:16:22 PMI am reading this.  It's a doomsday book about an EMP / nuke strike.    Based in Black Mountain.    A friend told me "I had to read it"

I don't do novels and can't say this one is going to change my opinion of them.   

I read that entire trilogy about a year or so ago. I enjoyed all three books big time.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 12, 2020, 17:46:22 PM
Along with new wading boots, this came in the mail yesterday

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Post by: greg on April 12, 2020, 18:54:04 PM
Have you read any yet? I'm getting ready to order. Got my last one from bob with light Cahill.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 12, 2020, 21:34:33 PM
Quote from: greg on April 12, 2020, 18:54:04 PMHave you read any yet? I'm getting ready to order. Got my last one from bob with light Cahill.

First chapter "Home Waters" just like me and the Smith except he live in Colorado  p;-
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Post by: troutrus on April 14, 2020, 19:57:19 PM
"When you learn, teach, when you get, give". -Maya Angelou

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Post by: driver on April 16, 2020, 07:05:43 AM
A 1956 classic.

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Post by: Al on April 16, 2020, 10:09:18 AM
I've been going down memory lane by writing a few short stories about my time in Vietnam - written 12-15 so far and pasted them on FB. Thinking about consolidating them and maybe fleshing them out into a book but not sure about that yet.

One of the FB groups where I paste them got me to thinking about June Collins whom I knew from that era. At the time I met her she was a broker of bands and exotic dancers who toured the rear echelon units to entertain the troops. I met her when my immediate supervisor pulled me from command of one SF camp and sent me to another. There was about a week between assignments and I bunked with him at his hooch in Moc Hoa. Low and behold I wasn't the only one bunking with him - June was there sharing the same accommodations however the sleeping arrangements were a little different :P . Turns out she was there hiding from the Kakia Mafia as detailed in a book of the same title written by Robin Moore with June Collins as co-author. Some of you old fellows may remember the big military club scandal where lots of folks from that era went to jail or retired early - big conggresional investigation. I have the original hard copy of The Kakia Mafia - it's listed as costing over $1000 if you can find a copy. I recently re-read it and looked up June Collins on the internet. She is still alive and has written several more books about that era on her own. I downloaded the Kindle version of Goodbye Junie Moon and am reading it now. Brings back lots of memories. Khaki Mafia.jpgJune Collins (2).jpg June Collins - GoodBye Junie Moon.jpg
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Post by: Dougfish on April 16, 2020, 13:37:24 PM
Do it, Al !

I read a 2010 interview with Ray Bradbury. What a great storyteller. In the inerview, his last answer was remarkable. You could build a great novel off of that answer.
Now I want to go back and read everything he wrote.

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury)
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Post by: troutrus on April 23, 2020, 18:50:59 PM
"Three geese in a flock. One flew east, one flew west, and .............."
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on April 23, 2020, 19:10:52 PM
Quote from: Dougfish on April 16, 2020, 13:37:24 PMDo it, Al !

I read a 2010 interview with Ray Bradbury. What a great storyteller. In the inerview, his last answer was remarkable. You could build a great novel off of that answer.
Now I want to go back and read everything he wrote.

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury)

Doing it now - looks like it will be 200 pages plus in soft cover paperback format. Still editing, adding a few photos, table of contents, preface, etc. We will see ....................
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Post by: Dougfish on April 23, 2020, 20:23:19 PM
 'c;  'c;  'c;
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Post by: Dee-Vo on April 24, 2020, 15:16:32 PM
What a story! Enjoyed this one. 🏕 🚎

#intothewild #alaska #alexandersupertramp #christophermccandless #

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 25, 2020, 08:25:48 AM
I read that after reading Into Thin Air!
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Post by: troutrus on April 25, 2020, 13:30:35 PM
Quote from: Al on April 23, 2020, 19:10:52 PM
Quote from: Dougfish on April 16, 2020, 13:37:24 PMDo it, Al !

I read a 2010 interview with Ray Bradbury. What a great storyteller. In the inerview, his last answer was remarkable. You could build a great novel off of that answer.
Now I want to go back and read everything he wrote.

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6012/the-art-of-fiction-no-203-ray-bradbury)

Doing it now - looks like it will be 200 pages plus in soft cover paperback format. Still editing, adding a few photos, table of contents, preface, etc. We will see ....................

Looking forward to it Al. Good luck with it.
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Post by: troutrus on June 09, 2020, 19:31:20 PM
900+ pages of rambling nonsense. Not quite sure why I didn't throw it in the recycle bin weeks ago.
One good paragraph about bugs having sex.

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Post by: Onslow on June 09, 2020, 19:47:01 PM
Quote from: troutrus on June 09, 2020, 19:31:20 PM900+ pages of rambling nonsense. Not quite sure why I didn't throw it in the recycle bin weeks ago.
One good paragraph about bugs having sex.

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Worse than Moby Dick?
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Post by: troutrus on June 09, 2020, 20:07:57 PM
Quote from: Onslow on June 09, 2020, 19:47:01 PM
Quote from: troutrus on June 09, 2020, 19:31:20 PM900+ pages of rambling nonsense. Not quite sure why I didn't throw it in the recycle bin weeks ago.
One good paragraph about bugs having sex.

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Worse than Moby Dick?

Not sure. Read Moby back when I was young, and I don't recall some things from that time period. 😳
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Post by: Dee-Vo on June 10, 2020, 07:33:56 AM
I liked Moby Dick..... p;-
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Post by: troutrus on June 11, 2020, 12:22:51 PM
If ya liked old Moby, and ya hadn't tried this, you might like it. A much more relaxing read.
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Post by: troutrus on June 11, 2020, 15:45:13 PM
This was possibly the most thought provoking book I've ever read.

"After awhile you could get used to anything."
― Albert Camus, The Stranger
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on June 12, 2020, 07:34:02 AM
Quote from: troutrus on June 11, 2020, 12:22:51 PMIf ya liked old Moby, and ya hadn't tried this, you might like it. A much more relaxing read.
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Quote from: troutrus on June 11, 2020, 15:45:13 PMThis was possibly the most thought provoking book I've ever read.

"After awhile you could get used to anything."
― Albert Camus, The Stranger
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Will look into these. Suggestions are always appreciated.  :cheers
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Post by: troutrus on June 17, 2020, 14:49:44 PM
Glad this was short, 'cause turning each page gave me a good idea of how Sisyphus must feel. 👎
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Post by: Dee-Vo on June 18, 2020, 20:25:06 PM
Such a great book! A light-hearted story that will have you laughing out loud, literally. Loved this!

There's no doubt that I'll be picking up more of Harrison's work!

A book that will make you want to walk into the woods with a sandwich and a fly rod, and forget the complications of this world. A simple life? Wouldn't that be nice?

#jimharrison #browndog #bd #brooktrout

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Post by: troutrus on July 03, 2020, 03:38:47 AM
Received as a gift back in the eighties. Never read as I guess I was too busy fishing. Now I rarely fish so have more time to read.
Enjoyable and relaxing.
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https://amzn.to/3dYHJNG
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Post by: troutrus on July 04, 2020, 19:08:13 PM
Ens

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Post by: driver on July 05, 2020, 08:41:18 AM
Quote from: troutrus on July 03, 2020, 03:38:47 AMReceived as a gift back in the eighties. Never read as I guess I was too busy fishing. Now I rarely fish so have more time to read.
Enjoyable and relaxing.
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https://amzn.to/3dYHJNG

I have not read this one. But have read others by him. Some are great some not so much.
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Post by: troutrus on July 07, 2020, 19:48:16 PM
Interesting critters.
Almost unbelievable how many crabs were harvested in  "The Bay" back in the day.
One of my favorite past times in my younger years, and still enjoy picking a few now and then.

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Post by: Al on July 08, 2020, 07:29:44 AM
It's not about fishing but this pandemic lock down is giving me time to catch up on books I've neglected over the years. Presently reading this classic by Robert Ruark. He has a way of putting words together that make reading his books "page turners".
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 13, 2020, 09:45:36 AM
So after my foray into the Library of Congress Digital collection (https://www.loc.gov/collections/edward-s-curtis/), I recalled this book about Edwards Curtis and his photography of the Native Americans, that I picked up at an airport on one of my last corporate trips to Calafornia. The photo of Three Horses is one of his photos.


https://youtu.be/czjvrXSoSaU

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Post by: troutrus on July 14, 2020, 10:46:29 AM
Published 68 years ago and still pertinent today. Sad.

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Post by: troutrus on July 20, 2020, 14:53:41 PM
Classic classics. 19 short stories. And free for AP members.

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Post by: troutrus on July 23, 2020, 17:14:51 PM
Well done!
Made me laugh, made me think, and made me cry.
Three things Jimmy V suggested doing everyday to help get through this life. Good advice in my opinion.

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Post by: troutrus on August 17, 2020, 15:26:35 PM
Enjoyable.
The gist of BD's philosophy sorta put me in the mind of Thoreau's Walden. Only 100 years later and BD was a tad rougher around the edges.
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Post by: troutrus on August 22, 2020, 19:06:51 PM
"Like a Dog"

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Post by: troutrus on August 28, 2020, 17:13:54 PM
Enjoyed tremendously. Thanks to forum members that recommended.
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Post by: greg on August 28, 2020, 20:08:38 PM
I've been on a Sean stranahan mystery kick. On book number 4. Started with the royal wulff murders. Easy reads that I have found enjoyable..
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Post by: Yallerhammer on August 29, 2020, 07:51:33 AM
Quote from: Al on July 08, 2020, 07:29:44 AMIt's not about fishing but this pandemic lock down is giving me time to catch up on books I've neglected over the years. Presently reading this classic by Robert Ruark. He has a way of putting words together that make reading his books "page turners".
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I just got done re-reading Horn of the Hunter. Ruark was a good writer.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on August 29, 2020, 07:52:28 AM
Quote from: troutrus on July 20, 2020, 14:53:41 PMClassic classics. 19 short stories. And free for AP members.

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Poe has always been one of my favorites. I have his "Complete Works" on my shelf and re-read it at least once a year.
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Post by: troutrus on September 06, 2020, 08:05:32 AM
"Beati Pacifici"

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https://amzn.to/2Z76S47
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on September 06, 2020, 10:32:38 AM
I reread the earth is enough every year. For some reason usually in the fall. It's getting about time. Hell I named my English setter Albert.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 03, 2020, 08:40:49 AM
'Lords of the Fly' Review: Long Live the Silver King!
In pursuit of the monarch of the fly-rod fishing world, the mighty Atlantic tarpon.

>>>What Susan Orlean accomplished for the strange, hermetic world of orchid hunting in her 1998 classic "The Orchid Thief," Monte Burke does for another strange, hermetic world in his wonderful "Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World-Record Tarpon."

You might not know a lot about tarpon. The big-eyed fish (Megalops atlanticus), sometimes called the "silver king," is considered inedible, does not swim up streams, and is rarely seen by the casual observer. But because of its size (up to 8 feet as an adult, anywhere from 65 to over 300 pounds), its fighting spirit and its spectacular leaps, it has long been—writes Mr. Burke—"the world's most glamorous and sought-after fly rod species."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/lords-of-the-fly-review-long-live-the-silver-king-11601681558



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Post by: Yallerhammer on October 03, 2020, 11:27:56 AM
I've been re-reading Roosevelt's African Game Trails. Interesting stuff.
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Post by: troutrus on October 04, 2020, 10:23:10 AM
Fascinating, awesome, and somewhat disturbing all wrapped up in one.
If they'd use this as a high school text book, I'll bet we'd end up with more science professionals.

"It's an unnerving thought that we may be the universe's supreme achievement and it's worst nightmare simultaneously". B.Bryson

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Post by: troutrus on October 12, 2020, 09:16:17 AM
"Everything comes and goes, comes and goes."- A.M.

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Post by: greg on October 12, 2020, 11:25:34 AM
I'm rereading spine of time right now. Already read 2-3 times. Middleton is one of my favorites. I keep looking for Arby mulligan and Tewksbury on the creek.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on October 12, 2020, 19:57:33 PM

Another King book down. Plenty to go.

This is one book that I haven't heard nearly as much about as his more popular works. Being busy has had my reading time slimmed down.

Enjoyed this one, as always.

Read something. 📚 📖

#desperation #stephenking #tak #david

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Post by: troutrus on October 24, 2020, 14:50:39 PM
Hilarious and relatable if ya grew up in the 50's-60's.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 02, 2020, 21:21:32 PM
Read The Regulators after finishing Desperation recently. Interesting and odd how the two coincide with one another.



~SPOILERS ~ SPOILERS ~ SPOILERS ~ SPOILERS~

SPOILERS BELOW! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️❌❌❌❌❌❌

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If you've read The Regulators, see below - - -

What am I missing in the ending? The couple 'ghosts' are Audrey and Seth from what I gather. But, if so, why is the written letter describing them dated 10 years prior to the whole story?
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Post by: troutrus on November 04, 2020, 16:13:53 PM
Fun read at a great price.

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https://amzn.to/3p0hk8X
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 07, 2020, 13:15:19 PM
Not your typical Stephen King/Richard Bachman 'horror' story. I was somewhat skeptical going in initially, however this story is perfect. A gritty crime-type novel. Loved it!

Points of Interest ——

• Never did I know until now that Bachman, a pseudonym of King's, actually 'wrote' under the name John Swithen, another pseudonym. A pseudonym with a pseudonym of its own? Hmmm.

• In many of his works, he'll incorporate connections and references to his other stories, towns, characters, etc. This is something I've grown to enjoy keeping an eye out for. Shawshank was mentioned a couple times in this one. Very cool.

• It's worth mentioning that George orders his coffee black when asked. However, Blaze seems to think he prefers it with many creams earlier in the story when he makes George a cup.

• The bonus short story, "Memory", was included in the back of this book. I had never heard of this one. Personally speaking, this wasn't much. But, it's noted that it's the origination of the popular novel "Duma Key" that would be published sometime afterwards. I've yet to read "Duma Key."

#stephenking #richardbachman #johnswithen #blaze #claytonblaisdelljr

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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 10, 2020, 14:18:06 PM
Quote from: troutrus on November 04, 2020, 16:13:53 PMFun read at a great price.

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https://amzn.to/3p0hk8X

This is a great book. I enjoyed reading it about 2 years ago.
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Post by: troutrus on November 17, 2020, 10:32:52 AM
Maybe the show will be better than the book.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on November 18, 2020, 08:33:29 AM
Quote from: troutrus on November 17, 2020, 10:32:52 AMMaybe the show will be better than the book.
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This is usually not the case. Any novel/non-fiction story, for the most part, is much better in the original book version. Film adaptations, in my opinion, are generally rather horrid. Non-fiction stories tend to be better than their fictitious counterparts.
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Post by: troutrus on November 18, 2020, 11:11:08 AM
I remember my mom banned this from my reading list when it was popular among the young. She's been gone for quite awhile, so I figured I'd give it a try. Should have listened to my mom. ❤️
 Proof positive that privileged spoiled brats roamed the earth long before the millennials that are so often credited.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 20, 2020, 08:23:29 AM
Quote from: troutrus on November 18, 2020, 11:11:08 AMI remember my mom banned this from my reading list when it was popular among the young. She's been gone for quite awhile, so I figured I'd give it a try. Should have listened to my mom. ❤️
 Proof positive that privileged spoiled brats roamed the earth long before the millennials that are so often credited.
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Read this about 2 years ago. I can't seem to grasp the reasoning behind this book's popularity. Did not enjoy this. However, I do agree with the spoiled brat comment.
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Post by: Mr. Don on November 20, 2020, 19:19:48 PM
I'm always changing my list of top 5 must read fiction recommendations. Currently in no particular order:

East of Eden
The Road
Sometimes a Great Notion
Lonesome Dove
American Tabloid

Read each at least 3 times and they still affect me. Never doing The Road again as it screws with my sleep and happiness.

Honorable mentions:

The Killer Angels
Cain at Gettysburg
The Stand
Anything by Raymond Chandler
No Country for Old Men
Louis L'amour westerns


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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 21, 2020, 08:30:23 AM
Quote from: Mr. Don on November 20, 2020, 19:19:48 PMI'm always changing my list of top 5 must read fiction recommendations. Currently in no particular order:

East of Eden
The Road
Sometimes a Great Notion
Lonesome Dove
American Tabloid

Read each at least 3 times and they still affect me. Never doing The Road again as it screws with my sleep and happiness.

Honorable mentions:

The Killer Angels
Cain at Gettysburg
The Stand
Anything by Raymond Chandler
No Country for Old Men
Louis L'amour westerns




Have only read The Stand out of these lists. Will be sure to look into the rest for future reading.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 22, 2020, 11:37:43 AM
Another great book from Harlan Coben. This is the second of his that I've read. Relevant topics twisted into an always suspenseful plot make for a great story.

#HarlanCoben #read #RunAway #booklover

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Post by: Yallerhammer on November 25, 2020, 07:43:33 AM
Have any of y'all read any Ron Rash? If not, I highly recommend his books. Really good local writer. Start with "The World Made Straight."
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 25, 2020, 08:30:17 AM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on November 25, 2020, 07:43:33 AMHave any of y'all read any Ron Rash? If not, I highly recommend his books. Really good local writer. Start with "The World Made Straight."

Will look into this. Appreciate the recommendation.
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Post by: Big J on December 02, 2020, 12:56:06 PM
Quote from: troutrus on November 17, 2020, 10:32:52 AMMaybe the show will be better than the book.
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Haven't read the book, but the Hillbilly Elegy on Netflix has been crapped on by ever critic I have seen.  Lots of people saying this film is good at depicting how out of touch Hollywood is with the general population and left out a lot of key plots and points out of the book.  Anybody here watch it?  This true?
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Post by: rbphoto on December 02, 2020, 12:59:56 PM
I've read the book and watched the Netflix version. 

I think the critics are correct.

Netflix, and Hollywood in general, counts on people not reading the book or not caring if the movie follows it to a "T".

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Post by: troutrus on December 02, 2020, 14:54:21 PM
I didn't read the book but saw the film, and I will borrow the words of one of my favorite holiday characters to describe my opinion.
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Post by: troutrus on December 03, 2020, 06:22:18 AM
From a perspective of those directly impacted.
"The Seas are Rising and so are We"

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 04, 2020, 22:59:31 PM

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The first I've read from Nick Cutter. He will from now on be on my reading radar.

Anyone hungry? 😅🤤😉

#thetroop #nickcutter #hydatid #worm #hungry
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on December 06, 2020, 09:13:18 AM
For those of us that didn't make the trip, the book offers some understanding of what it was like to be a Green Beret in Viet Nam. Unlike many of the shoot 'em up hero type war stories that we often hear,  Al also reveals a heartfelt human side to the book with stories and photos showing the local civilians and beautiful children in a war torn country.
Very well done Al. Thank you for your service.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 07, 2020, 08:45:24 AM
Quote from: troutrus on December 06, 2020, 09:13:18 AMFor those of us that didn't make the trip, the book offers some understanding of what it was like to be a Green Beret in Viet Nam. Unlike many of the shoot 'em up hero type war stories that we often hear,  Al also reveals a heartfelt human side to the book with stories and photos showing the local civilians and beautiful children in a war torn country.
Very well done Al. Thank you for your service.
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I've got this one on my list to purchase and read very soon.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on December 20, 2020, 19:12:48 PM
"Every spiritual tradition says love your neighbor as yourself, not tolerate them." -I.W.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 26, 2020, 18:52:09 PM
Kings, dragons, magicians, and castles!

👑  🐉  🪄  🏰  ⚔️  🗡 🧪

Another good book completed. And yet another King novel with Flagg as the villain. Interesting.

On to the next! 📖 📚

#stephenking #flagg #theeyesofthedragon #delain2410C44E-2594-4502-8A79-163F00EC9F00.jpeg
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Post by: Dee-Vo on January 01, 2021, 16:59:24 PM
If you enjoy a good, modern-day ghost story, you'll be happy with this one. 👻 🖤 ☠️

The first I've read from Joe Hill, son of Stephen King. After finishing this one today, I'll definitely be picking up more of his work soon. 📖 📚

Heart-Shaped Box was Hill's first novel and is one excellent, creepy story. Put the lights low, turn the television off, and read this one all alone late on a quiet night. It'll have you glimpsing over your shoulder while you wonder what that creaking sound in your house was....after all, you were supposed to be the only one in the house, right? 😱 😦 😟 💀

#joehill #craddock #heartshapedbox #deadman #jude #nightroad

Note —  Anyone ever hear or use the term cornpone? It was used several times in this book. I don't think I'd heard it. In this context, it's a slang term for redneck/hillbilly, etc.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 06, 2021, 20:54:04 PM
Listened to this podcast the other day and thought I'd give some $ to Nick Luis who is brought so much enjoyment to our literary fly fishing pursuits.

Tom Rosenbaurer's Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-orvis-fly-fishing-podcast/id278930814?i=1000504088727

Fire in the Straw


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on January 10, 2021, 16:44:03 PM
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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https://amzn.to/3nQlA99


Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on January 14, 2021, 08:56:52 AM

Finished my first book by Heather Gudenkauf earlier this evening. 👍🏻

The mystery and suspense of the overall story was enjoyable. However, I found several portions of the writing to be oddly presented — as in moot points being made repeatedly along with other aspects of the story. If you've read this one maybe we can discuss. 📚 📖

A good book. I may pick up more of her work in the future.

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Post by: Yallerhammer on January 16, 2021, 15:16:45 PM
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Most excellent.




https://amzn.to/3qjRqga
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on January 20, 2021, 20:29:28 PM


This debut novel from Delia Owens is a home run. Granted, it took me a handful of pages to get warmed up to it as it is something unusual for my typical taste, however, when it gains momentum, the story is a page-turner to say the least.

A great mixture of elements come together to make this one a success. Where the Crawdads Sing has a little of a lot. Little love. But, not too much. Little mystery. But, it'll pull you in. Plenty of nature talk, which is an excellent aspect of this whole thing. Add in a few suspenseful moments, and you've got yourself a heck of a book.

#deliaowens #swamp #marshgirl #wherethecrawdadssing #amandahamilton

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https://amzn.to/3onRudg
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on January 26, 2021, 09:44:14 AM
🎼Picture yourself in a boat on a river🎼

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on January 31, 2021, 08:04:46 AM
"Ain't many guys travel around together...I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other" (Steinbeck, 17)

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 02, 2021, 11:17:41 AM
Quote from: troutrus on January 31, 2021, 08:04:46 AM"Ain't many guys travel around together...I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other" (Steinbeck, 17)

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Read this one a lifetime ago. Good one.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on February 07, 2021, 05:34:14 AM
"It does us all good to unbend sometimes."
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on February 08, 2021, 10:50:20 AM
Quote from: troutrus on December 06, 2020, 09:13:18 AMFor those of us that didn't make the trip, the book offers some understanding of what it was like to be a Green Beret in Viet Nam. Unlike many of the shoot 'em up hero type war stories that we often hear,  Al also reveals a heartfelt human side to the book with stories and photos showing the local civilians and beautiful children in a war torn country.
Very well done Al. Thank you for your service.
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Hot Dam, just saw this! Thanks. I am honored to appear on the Beetle's Book and Word Thread.

How about me - what am I reading? A few weeks into the Covid pandemic I signed up for a free Libby audio book account through our local library. Thousands of books to chose from, some very current and some old classics. They even have "A River Runs Through It". I download them to my cellphone and play them over my truck radio or by using ear buds while trying flies or other things around the house. Right now I am listening to the unabridged version Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. It pretty well follows the TV series but lots more detail - makes me smile at all the descriptive pictures you miss when you're just watching the TV series. 

If you don't have a Libby account you can find the app at your phone's Play Store. You'll also need a local library account. All free so no excuse not to expand your mind.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dougfish on February 09, 2021, 20:11:58 PM
Beetle lives, BTW. Lives well.
Had a quick visit/landscape consult with him today at his Shangri La.
Maybe we'll fish again some day.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on February 20, 2021, 05:01:25 AM
Good stuff. Took me back fifty + years to my introduction to Shad fishing, upriver from where Washington crossed so many moons ago.


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: driver on February 20, 2021, 11:25:30 AM
Quote from: troutrus on February 20, 2021, 05:01:25 AMGood stuff. Took me back fifty + years to my introduction to Shad fishing, upriver from where Washington crossed so many moons ago.


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This book is in my top 5 of all time non-fiction. Anything John McPhee is a winner.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 21, 2021, 09:00:31 AM
Rabbit hole...

started with a wiki article on APL programing language --
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a  sidebar in the wiki page  had a pic of a IBM Selectric Typewrither typeball for APL. That led me to this...

https://youtu.be/bRCNenhcvpw

which lead to this

https://youtu.be/UTtDb73NkNM


which led to this...



which happeded to be on sale for $1.99 yesterday!

I'm enjoying the read but I keep picturing Tom Hanks in his many roles as I read his non biographical stories...

Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on February 24, 2021, 19:20:35 PM
raison d'etat

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 27, 2021, 11:48:41 AM
All the talk about Raven Fork led me to this interesting history of the Smoky Mountains written by timber "cruiser" Tom Alexander with photos by George Mesa and others. It is proving to be a look back in time — but no so long ago.


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: driver on March 03, 2021, 20:04:56 PM
I saw this was released yesterday.

Virtue of Flyfishing (https://amzn.to/384FxUr)

I'm a fan of Kurlansky. This should be a good'un.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2021, 13:55:12 PM
Starlight Creek Angling Society

If you would like to read it, follow this link... (not available to all users)

https://www.brfff.com/forum/index.php/topic,16344.0.html
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on March 09, 2021, 05:08:15 AM
Soma

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 16, 2021, 08:36:32 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2021, 13:55:12 PMStarlight Creek Angling Society

If you would like to read it, follow this link... (not available to all users)

https://www.brfff.com/forum/index.php/topic,16344.0.html


This is a great story!!!  Every curmudgeonly angler should read it. 
 
My favorite lines: Page 11,  "Wade into the creek.  If it's not the kingdom of God, it should be.  The earth's enough, kind brother Biddle, or ought to be, all of heaven and paradise and eternity we will ever need."   I've told myself, and those I care for, similar words for years.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 16, 2021, 09:20:21 AM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 16, 2021, 08:36:32 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 06, 2021, 13:55:12 PMStarlight Creek Angling Society

If you would like to read it, follow this link... (not available to all users)

https://www.brfff.com/forum/index.php/topic,16344.0.html


have you read other middleton? The Earth is Enough, or On the Spine of Time.

"Wild water abides, so it does. So it does."


This is a great story!!!  Every curmudgeonly angler should read it.
 
My favorite lines: Page 11,  "Wade into the creek.  If it's not the kingdom of God, it should be.  The earth's enough, kind brother Biddle, or ought to be, all of heaven and paradise and eternity we will ever need."   I've told myself, and those I care for, similar words for years.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 16, 2021, 09:42:34 AM
I have 'The Earth is Enough' somewhere in my stack, but have not seen it in years.  I need to revisit, as well as his other works.

I priced 'Starlight Creek Angling Society' online.  Not cheap!  BUT, what a gem!

This evening I am off to Charleston WV to have my retina fixed at 6am tomorrow.  Glad to read 'Starlight' before the CF.  A Dr. Hatfield is doing the surgery, and yes he is part of the Hatfield lineage.  I have no McCoy in my tree so I should be OK.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: bmadd on March 16, 2021, 10:00:13 AM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 16, 2021, 09:42:34 AMI have 'The Earth is Enough' somewhere in my stack, but have not seen it in years.  I need to revisit, as well as his other works.

I priced 'Starlight Creek Angling Society' online.  Not cheap!  BUT, what a gem!

This evening I am off to Charleston WV to have my retina fixed at 6am tomorrow.  Glad to read 'Starlight' before the CF.  A Dr. Hatfield is doing the surgery, and yes he is part of the Hatfield lineage.  I have no McCoy in my tree so I should be OK.

Here's hoping you will be. Are you going to have to recover face down for any amount of time?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on March 16, 2021, 10:19:32 AM
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of Terry MacIntosh's new  book "A Wildcat Escape"  www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z4GCR69. Terry was one of my radio operators in Vietnam.  After the war he became a documentary film producer and author.  If you read Terry's "The Youngest Green Beret" https://www.amazon.com/dp/173151784X/ref=rdr_ext_tmb  or my book  "My War Vietnam1968~1969 1971~1973" "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088SG8S6D you will see there is a common thread.  Terry is calling this one "historical fiction" but I will leave it up to the readers to sort out the facts from fiction. I've seen excerpts and recognize many of the names and events - I even played a small part in some of them.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on March 16, 2021, 17:14:32 PM
I re read the earth is enough every year. For some reason always in the fall. One of my favorites.
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Post by: Yallerhammer on March 18, 2021, 17:29:22 PM
Quote from: greg on March 16, 2021, 17:14:32 PMI re read the earth is enough every year. For some reason always in the fall. One of my favorites.
About the same here with On the Spine of Time.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on March 18, 2021, 17:29:50 PM
I've been reading some C.J. Box novels lately. Good stories.
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Post by: greg on March 18, 2021, 18:16:31 PM
I reread spine of time each year as well. I have a copy on truck at work for when I get a few free minutes and need an escape.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on March 18, 2021, 21:41:28 PM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on March 18, 2021, 17:29:50 PMI've been reading some C.J. Box novels lately. Good stories.

Love C.J. Box novels ss well. Thankfully they are on the free Libby audiobook system. I download them and listen as I drive. Sometimes if I am working with my hands on a mundane project I pop the earplugs in and listen as I work around the house or in my workshop.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on March 19, 2021, 05:56:24 AM
Recently I've been on a William g tapply kick. Reading the Brady Coyne series.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on March 19, 2021, 19:39:11 PM
Arcadian
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on March 20, 2021, 12:52:16 PM
Quote from: troutrus on March 19, 2021, 19:39:11 PMArcadian
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I just reread The Maine Woods awhile back.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: driver on March 21, 2021, 17:34:57 PM
Quote from: troutrus on March 19, 2021, 19:39:11 PMArcadian
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That's my favorite HDT. I felt like I was there.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on March 22, 2021, 20:10:49 PM
Here is a book I just finished "A Wild Cat Escape"   www.amazon.com/dp/B08Z4GCR69   It was written by my former  Special Forces radio operator Terry McIntosh.  Terry has classified this as historical fiction. I play a small role in the story and can see what is on the next page before it unfolds. I will let the reader separate the fiction from the facts on the ground. We lived it and are now letting our stories be told.

This book ties in with another book Terry McIntosh wrote  "The Youngest Green Beret" also on Amazon  and my own book "My War – Vietnam 68-69 / 71-73"  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088SG8S6D  . I highly recommend all three books if you want to see unembellished stories about what life was like for us at SF Camp Thanh Tri and beyond.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on April 04, 2021, 19:57:37 PM
Disappointing

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on April 13, 2021, 18:58:14 PM
Perseverance

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on April 21, 2021, 08:06:36 AM

This is the last of the Stephen King books that were written under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. At this point I've finished all of the 'Bachman' stories. I've enjoyed them as much as his 'normal' books, and some even more so. The grittier, crime-based, not-so-fantasy novels are a welcomed change.

Thinner was a good read. Another one that portrays just how much better the book always is than the movie.

Now, on to the next one. 📖 📚

Note ~ In a conversation in this story there are a couple of characters that refer to a situation as something out of a Stephen King book. I'm sure he enjoyed dropping tidbits of this nature in all of his 'other works' before folks realized that he was in fact Richard Bachman.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on April 22, 2021, 05:48:35 AM
"A man can see the sky. He can stare into the forest, but nobody really sees into a river. Only with a fishing rod can one look there."

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on April 22, 2021, 11:25:31 AM
I think wooly recommended FIre in the Straw by nick Lyons excellent book. Dint know why I haven't read more of his work. Not a lot of fishing but still great.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Michael Toris on May 05, 2021, 02:09:09 AM
Quote from: troutrus on May 04, 2021, 06:32:34 AMShort but sweet.

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I need to read this so I can know what the big deal is. It blows my mind that this book is so hard to get ahold of.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 05, 2021, 07:34:40 AM
Quote from: WMT on May 05, 2021, 02:09:09 AM
Quote from: troutrus on May 04, 2021, 06:32:34 AMShort but sweet.


I need to read this so I can know what the big deal is. It blows my mind that this book is so hard to get ahold of.

it was a limited edition of 1000 500. You can borrow my counterfeit copy, just pm me your addy....

 
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on May 23, 2021, 10:04:37 AM
Some of you might have this field guide.  It is very instructive, beautifully written, with wonderful color drawings.

Currently, this guide is relevant.  J. Reese Voshell was my supervisor for over 30 years, but more importantly, Reese was my dear friend.  Last week we lost Reese at the age of 72.  During those 30+ years of working and teaching together Reese and I never had a cross word between us, and we joked about this phenomenon.  We could not say the same about our spouses, children, or other relatives and friends.   

Discussed with the wife, my plan was to have Reese participate in the toting of my casket when I take that dirt snooze, because I always thought he would outlive me.  So much for calculating life and making plans.   

Damn, I miss my pal.         
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Big J on May 23, 2021, 19:00:35 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on May 23, 2021, 10:04:37 AMSome of you might have this field guide.  It is very instructive, beautifully written, with wonderful color drawings.

Currently, this guide is relevant.  J. Reese Voshell was my supervisor for over 30 years, but more importantly, Reese was my dear friend.  Last week we lost Reese at the age of 72.  During those 30+ years of working and teaching together Reese and I never had a cross word between us, and we joked about this phenomenon.  We could not say the same about our spouses, children, or other relatives and friends.   

Discussed with the wife, my plan was to have Reese participate in the toting of my casket when I take that dirt snooze, because I always thought he would outlive me.  So much for calculating life and making plans.   

Damn, I miss my pal.         


I'll have to pick that up. Sorry for your loss Hiner.
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Post by: Dougfish on May 31, 2021, 20:15:23 PM
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I had read a string of political books and needed a change of pace.
Great book, true story. The man who got us the Magnitsky act.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on June 04, 2021, 07:49:48 AM
Just finished a really good one called "Wild Sports in the Far West" by Friedrich Gerstaecker." It was written by a German immigrant who came to the US in the early 1800s and rambled and hunted across the country, especially the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. A very interesting window into frontier life during those times.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on June 23, 2021, 11:04:30 AM
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Very good read. I sometimes forget how good of a writer Steve is, since he got his tv shows.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on June 23, 2021, 18:47:48 PM
Twain considered this his best work. Though I've only read a handful of his books, this was my favorite of his writings and I would rate it as perhaps my favorite book all-time.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on June 23, 2021, 18:56:09 PM
Quote from: troutrus on June 23, 2021, 18:47:48 PMTwain considered this his best work. Though I've only read a handful of his books, this was my favorite of his writings and I would rate it as perhaps my favorite book all-time.
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Everything I've ever read by Mr. Clemens was good. I have most of his portfolio on my shelf.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on June 26, 2021, 04:46:17 AM
I bought a couple of books at the used bood store yesterday. Might start reading them as soon as I can finish up some flies I'm sending to my friend in Maine. BTW, does any one have Instant Mayfly Identification Guide or The Mayfly Guide by Caucci/Nastasi they would be willing to part with? I would be willing to pay in USD, Bitcoin, EBT credit, passwords to premium streaming services, weed, home made unbonded corn liquor, naked photos of random women I have know, I'll even throw in a couple of pic of my junk, maybe it will make you all feel even more superior to me than you already do.Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on June 26, 2021, 09:37:41 AM
Quote from: Trout Maharishi on June 26, 2021, 04:46:17 AMI bought a couple of books at the used bood store yesterday. Might start reading them as soon as I can finish up some flies I'm sending to my friend in Maine. BTW, does any one have Instant Mayfly Identification Guide or The Mayfly Guide by Caucci/Nastasi they would be willing to part with? I would be willing to pay in USD, Bitcoin, EBT credit, passwords to premium streaming services, weed, home made unbonded corn liquor, naked photos of random women I have know, I'll even throw in a couple of pic of my junk, maybe it will make you all feel even more superior to me than you already do.

I have the works of Crotchy and Nasty somewhere in storage.  When I finally get my ducks in a row and purge some of the old stuff, you can have their Hatches I and II for free.  I never warmed to C&N.  They should have labeled their comparadun the split tailed haystack, giving Fran Betters credit.  The angling world continues to be full of whores, thieves, and charlatans. 

If mayflies flip your cookie, then Arbona's text is by far the best --- a bit outdated but still #1 in my book, followed by the works of Swisher and Richards. 


https://www.amazon.com/Mayflies-Angler-Trout-Fred-Arbona/dp/0832929948
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 26, 2021, 09:54:41 AM
Quote from: Trout Maharishi on June 26, 2021, 04:46:17 AMBTW, does any one have Instant Mayfly Identification Guide or The Mayfly Guide by Caucci/Nastasi they would be willing to part with? I would be willing to pay in USD, Bitcoin, EBT credit, passwords to premium streaming services, weed, home made unbonded corn liquor, naked photos of random women I have know, I'll even throw in a couple of pic of my junk, maybe it will make you all feel even more superior to me than you already do.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/ShopBasket?ac=a&ik=30780388926&ir&clickid=V9CX3GQ8lxyLU2iwUx0Mo37AUkB1dQy9MULtR80&cm_mmc=aff-_-ir-_-59145-_-212653&ref=imprad59145&afn_sr=impact
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 26, 2021, 10:07:34 AM
Also I have a copy  d:bFA72CA9A-AD70-4F58-A0C4-0DAE9BD016F6.jpeg
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dougfish on June 26, 2021, 12:51:59 PM
If you like true spy stories, Ben MacIntyre is the man. Really good books.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on June 26, 2021, 22:41:30 PM
Thanks for the suggestions and offer Muddy. I alreay have the Instant ID (rough shape from 35+ years in a vest) and Hatches books. The Mayfly guide was recommended as a more updated version but I'm not goning to pay $1000 for a fishing book at this point in my life.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on July 18, 2021, 16:39:03 PM
Mushin

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on July 27, 2021, 16:14:47 PM
Anthropocene

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Onslow on July 27, 2021, 18:58:04 PM
Quote from: troutrus on July 27, 2021, 16:14:47 PMAnthropocene

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Why is it taking so damn long?
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 27, 2021, 21:04:50 PM
I've been listening to Boom, by Tom Brokaw on my trips to the river..
Very interesting look back at the 60s, Vietnam, civil rights, and politics through a series of interviews with "famous boomers like Arlo Guthrie, Hillary Clinton and Karl Rove along with many unsung contemporaries"

Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: rbphoto on July 28, 2021, 06:22:57 AM
I've been reading quite a bit lately. 

First time in several years I've felt like my brain can process written words.

Mostly books about mental preparation - I coach a kids clay target team and understanding the psychology of competition is the biggest obstacle many of these kids have.

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Lanny Basham - Olympic and World Champion rifle shooter wrote this one:

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This was probably my favorite of all in this genre:

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I am also in the process of developing a non-profit to support first responders and critical healthcare personnel dealing with critical and cumulative stress responses from their careers, so I'm doing a lot of reading in that arena:

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And then there is the blathering fiction and a little macabre addition:

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Raymond

Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on August 01, 2021, 17:08:06 PM
Well done "old sport"

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 05, 2021, 21:20:16 PM
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on August 06, 2021, 13:04:44 PM
I know most of us have watched "A River Runs Through It" several times but how many of you have actually read the book?

I read it (actually listened to it in unabridged format on my free Libby account from the local library) and all I can say is the writer who adapted it to the screen did a major re-write. The main idea is there but almost 180 degrees from the book. It is probably just as well the author Norman Maclean passed away before the screen version was complete.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on August 06, 2021, 18:48:26 PM
Quote from: Al on August 06, 2021, 13:04:44 PMI know most of us have watched "A River Runs Through It" several times but how many of you have actually read the book?

I read it (actually listened to it in unabridged format on my free Libby account from the local library) and all I can say is the writer who adapted it to the screen did a major re-write. The main idea is there but almost 180 degrees from the book. It is probably just as well the author Norman Maclean passed away before the screen version was complete.
The book is great. It's on my shelf, and was before the movie came out.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on August 06, 2021, 23:47:30 PM
If you like Norman Maclean read Young Men and Fire. I nerver thought the same about wildfire since I read it. https://www.amazon.com/Young-Men-Fire-Norman-Maclean/dp/0226500624 (https://www.amazon.com/Young-Men-Fire-Norman-Maclean/dp/0226500624)
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on August 07, 2021, 11:02:03 AM
Dolorous

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 09, 2021, 07:49:07 AM
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Al on August 09, 2021, 08:14:47 AM
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As horrible as it was it is also a perfect example of how to win wars - you knock them down so hard it takes several generations before they even think about flexing their muscles again. We did that to both Germany and Japan. We have not had the intestinal fortitude to do that since - fighting to a draw or leaving the battlefield prematurely does not bring peace.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on August 12, 2021, 11:30:40 AM
Meh!  Memories are a personal thing. Though his may have been meaningful to him, not so much for me. He died shortly after publication.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on August 23, 2021, 09:31:08 AM
Rules ignored = people die. 🙁

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Yallerhammer on August 24, 2021, 17:53:05 PM
Quote from: troutrus on August 12, 2021, 11:30:40 AMMeh!  Memories are a personal thing. Though his may have been meaningful to him, not so much for me. He died shortly after publication.

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To me, On the Spine of Time was his masterpiece. It's probably 95% bullshit, but it's a very great read. One of my favorite all-time books. And that's saying something.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on August 24, 2021, 18:22:52 PM
Quote from: Yallerhammer on August 24, 2021, 17:53:05 PM
Quote from: troutrus on August 12, 2021, 11:30:40 AMMeh!  Memories are a personal thing. Though his may have been meaningful to him, not so much for me. He died shortly after publication.

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To me, On the Spine of Time was his masterpiece. It's probably 95% bullshit, but it's a very great read. One of my favorite all-time books. And that's saying something.

Spine of Time by far the best. Earth is Enough weren't bad. Seeing the foreword is by Nick Lyons made me think of him. He is a great writer in his own right.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: troutrus on August 27, 2021, 06:20:55 AM
"Beautiful"

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: greg on August 27, 2021, 12:48:37 PM
I'm currently reading home waters by John Maclean. It's about his father and time in Montana at seely lake. He is a journalist and editor and talks about the his father having him read a river runs through it for the first time. He said he told him don't let any editor or publisher touch one word. Said it was perfect exactly like it was.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: rbphoto on August 27, 2021, 13:28:49 PM
Quote from: greg on August 27, 2021, 12:48:37 PMI'm currently reading home waters by John Maclean. It's about his father and time in Montana at seely lake. He is a journalist and editor and talks about the his father having him read a river runs through it for the first time. He said he told him don't let any editor or publisher touch one word. Said it was perfect exactly like it was.

I read that recently.  Really enjoyed his perspective on the family history.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 12, 2021, 09:13:31 AM
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Really enjoying Stacy Keach reading the Nick Adams stories!

BTW you can borrow the print version here: https://archive.org/details/nickadamsstories00hemi_0

I get my audiobook from my library so the are free .
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on November 14, 2021, 23:03:40 PM
Well done for the author's debut novel. Historical Fiction with a North Carolina flair.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on November 20, 2021, 08:58:28 AM
With all the hullabaloo over development of metaverse technology created to help us escape into the netherworlds, I personally still prefer the old ways of doing the same.

Middle-earth never looked so good.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on November 25, 2021, 07:55:39 AM
"Not all those who wander are lost"

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on November 29, 2021, 18:08:49 PM
A well done reference guide that offers an understanding and tips for dealing with family members, friends, or anyone that is suffering through this difficult condition.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on December 27, 2021, 19:12:32 PM

My first from this author. A hell of a good read. More of his work will occupy my free time in the future.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on January 01, 2022, 17:55:08 PM
"Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!"
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Maybe Tolkien was a fly angler; or perhaps it was Gandalf.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on January 12, 2022, 21:12:46 PM

Just finished it. Very entertaining.  V:;

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: bmadd on January 15, 2022, 12:35:35 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on December 27, 2021, 19:12:32 PM

My first from this author. A hell of a good read. More of his work will occupy my free time in the future.

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They're all a fun read but all sort of sound the same in my opinion.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 15, 2022, 13:15:57 PM
Earlier consumed by this one, so I decided to reexamine and check all the notes I made the first go around.

I assume Allen's texts were scrutinized and challenged.  If her words are true, then much of what we learned in school about our founding fathers and our nation's historical beginning might need revisiting.   
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on January 15, 2022, 14:32:35 PM
Quote from: bmadd on January 15, 2022, 12:35:35 PM
Quote from: Dee-Vo on December 27, 2021, 19:12:32 PM

My first from this author. A hell of a good read. More of his work will occupy my free time in the future.

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They're all a fun read but all sort of sound the same in my opinion.

I sort of expect that going forward. I've just received another of his books. Time will tell.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on February 11, 2022, 21:12:18 PM
"Do not spoil the wonder with haste!"   J.R.R. Tolkien
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on February 16, 2022, 18:41:21 PM
Fly Fishing Fonzie
Interesting quick read.
Though he expresses his love of fly fishing, the book is more a motivational, general family life type book. Fun to hear him talk of some of the same rivers I fished when I was more active. Seems he fishes mostly MT and ID, but he did also mention TN.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 16, 2022, 23:30:57 PM
I on the other hand have met quite a few idiots on the river...  <-;:
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 17, 2022, 08:47:58 AM

Pretty good. Pretty long. Very popular.

I'm amazed at the amount of work this guy has put out. And he's still pumping them out even at his age. Impressive. 

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on February 17, 2022, 09:02:12 AM
Currently listening to the audio book, narrated by the author.

 The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misse

If you think things are bad now, let Dan Carlin take you back in time to when while civilizations were wiped off the face of the earth. Published in 2019 before the current pandemic it is timely and relevant to our expieriences.

Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on February 27, 2022, 19:44:03 PM

Done, bruh.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on March 10, 2022, 15:56:59 PM
The entire time I was reading it I couldn't get the old P.F. Sloan lyrics out of my head. i.e "Hate your next door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace."

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on March 23, 2022, 00:24:32 AM
A little difficult to read and keep up with all the details, but my oh my.  Miranda has gone to great lengths to follow the money. For a crack head Hunter has done pretty good for himself.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 23, 2022, 08:40:31 AM
Quote from: Trout Maharishi on March 23, 2022, 00:24:32 AMA little difficult to read and keep up with all the details, but my oh my.  Miranda has gone to great lengths to flollow the money. For a crack head Hunter has done pretty good for himself.

Appears to be an intriguing book.  Cost is reasonable.

The alleged transgressions of HB are captivating.  But I am a skeptic when it comes to the words of Miranda Devine (climate change, 6 January debacle, transport of illegals under darkness, etc.).  I'll lump her with Tucker.

Who can we believe these days?  Just last week, while brushing my teeth, gazing into the mirror, I lied to myself and uttered "my gut is getting flatter, and my unit seems to be growing".  Freaking untruths and misinformation is contagious, worse than covid!
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on March 23, 2022, 18:24:06 PM
Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on March 23, 2022, 08:40:31 AM
Quote from: Trout Maharishi on March 23, 2022, 00:24:32 AMA little difficult to read and keep up with all the details, but my oh my.  Miranda has gone to great lengths to flollow the money. For a crack head Hunter has done pretty good for himself.

Appears to be an intriguing book.  Cost is reasonable.

The alleged transgressions of HB are captivating.  But I am a skeptic when it comes to the words of Miranda Devine (climate change, 6 January debacle, transport of illegals under darkness, etc.).  I'll lump her with Tucker.

Who can we believe these days?  Just last week, while brushing my teeth, gazing into the mirror, I lied to myself and uttered "my gut is getting flatter, and my unit seems to be growing".  Freaking untruths and misinformation is contagious, worse than covid!


You are right, I have no idea who to believe anymore. I knew some would dismiss Miaranda on sight. So much hinges on how we feel about something or the person who writes it anymore. Hunter is the fall guy if anything goes down, and he's well protected. I also think his criminal activity is on going. 
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Post by: trout-r-us on March 24, 2022, 17:59:17 PM
Simplicity.
Our modern world could sure use a few men like him.  F1EAFF34-C61D-4126-8E6D-189D797C3EE2.jpeg

Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 28, 2022, 20:00:20 PM
this reminded
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me of this

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on March 28, 2022, 22:27:02 PM
I read Naked Lunch because I had to, don't know if I could make it through another of his books. At least I know where Steely Dan got their name :laugh:  d:b
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 29, 2022, 10:24:57 AM
After listening to Erik Larson's Devil in the white City, I ran across another one of his books

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It gives a unique look at the incident from abord the Lusitania and Unterseeboot U-20.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Rhody on March 31, 2022, 12:57:52 PM
Latest Reads. Gotta recommend them all.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: bmadd on April 01, 2022, 07:17:55 AM
I may have reread The Longest Silence more than any other book. It goes with me on most every trip.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on April 01, 2022, 09:50:36 AM
Quote from: bmadd on April 01, 2022, 07:17:55 AMI may have reread The Longest Silence more than any other book. It goes with me on most every trip.

Speaking of books that we read over and over, this one follows me everywhere.  There's more note scratching, underlining, turned down pages, and question marks in my paperback copy than I can count.  Need a fresh copy and always learn something new and exciting when revisited.
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Post by: Rhody on April 01, 2022, 11:09:37 AM
Feed the addiction
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on April 01, 2022, 14:58:19 PM

If you like Mcquane this is a good one as well. :cheers
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 02, 2022, 09:48:49 AM
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I've had this on hold for many many weeks, maybe I'll cancel it now
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 08, 2022, 15:30:08 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on February 27, 2021, 11:48:41 AMAll the talk about Raven Fork led me to this interesting history of the Smoky Mountains written by timber "cruiser" Tom Alexander with photos by George Mesa and others. It is proving to be a look back in time — but no so long ago.


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Historical marker honors photographer whose work promoted Asheville, mountains


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Post by: trout-r-us on May 02, 2022, 13:50:46 PM
Very well done by the author.
A unique and interesting isolated population within the shadow of the masses, the residents of this vanishing island value their bibles, but doubt the science that suggests their island will relatively soon be just a memory.

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Post by: trout-r-us on May 10, 2022, 09:01:53 AM
400+ miles of adventure and history. Nicely done.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Trout Maharishi on May 10, 2022, 23:24:51 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on April 08, 2022, 15:30:08 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on February 27, 2021, 11:48:41 AMAll the talk about Raven Fork led me to this interesting history of the Smoky Mountains written by timber "cruiser" Tom Alexander with photos by George Mesa and others. It is proving to be a look back in time — but no so long ago.


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Historical marker honors photographer whose work promoted Asheville, mountains


https://wlos.com/news/local/historical-marker-honors-photographer-whose-work-promoted-asheville-mountains

Western NC University has an extensive archive of Mesa's work. He was an amazing photographer and the places he was able to carry those huge box cameras was crazy. He was in large part one of the driving forces in the formation of the GSMNP and routed almost the entire AT through the park.
Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on May 19, 2022, 21:33:41 PM

Finished these two recently. Misery is super. The Only Good Indians was a little odd, and maybe silly to me; still a decent read.

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Post by: Trout Maharishi on May 22, 2022, 08:01:20 AM
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on May 31, 2022, 13:04:18 PM
As a result of McMinn County TN school board banning this book from their curriculum, I was made aware of this unique graphic presentation of a holocaust survivor's experience.
The school board's reasoning of nudity and strong language leaves me perplexed, and has me wondering what might have been the underlying reasons for the ban.🤔
I would suspect that the average eighth graders in this day and age are exposed to much worse than this on a daily basis on TV and their personal devices.
Perhaps these are examples of what the board found so threatening. Not exactly hard core in my estimation, but everything is relative I guess.

I thought it was very well done and would recommend it for anyone interested in the topic.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: Dee-Vo on June 02, 2022, 22:37:23 PM

Finished another one.

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on June 16, 2022, 05:48:15 AM
For me, this is one of those books that I never feel I have finished reading.

"Our life is what our thoughts make it". Marcus Aurelius

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: TylerDurden on June 16, 2022, 07:03:09 AM
Just finished reading Libra by Don Delillo. Historical fiction about the assassination of JFK that embraces the theory that the CIA orchestrated the whole thing.


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on July 09, 2022, 13:38:24 PM

"Life [had] replaced logic."  FD


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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on July 29, 2022, 14:31:09 PM
"Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!"
― Augustine St. Clare
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on August 21, 2022, 07:10:49 AM
Interesting how so much truth is to be found in the writings of authors who show up on government blacklists. 🧐

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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on August 29, 2022, 19:37:56 PM
Wish I could have read it about 55 years ago.
Would recommend for high schoolers and other young folks.
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Title: Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thread
Post by: trout-r-us on September 06, 2022, 13:05:54 PM
Enlightening
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Post by: trout-r-us on September 18, 2022, 09:14:43 AM
Hawking presented in a manner that allows us mere mortals a glimpse into the possibilities of the how.

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Post by: Trout Maharishi on October 02, 2022, 08:20:18 AM
Never before has someone been so successful at failing up. I laughed through most of it.  Guests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login
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Post by: trout-r-us on October 08, 2022, 09:57:22 AM
"What we have experienced cannot be undone, it has been,
but this Having-been is perhaps the most certain form of being." V.F. 1946

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Post by: trout-r-us on October 12, 2022, 18:55:57 PM
A fun read from the master of mystery.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on October 17, 2022, 20:59:31 PM

Pretty damned good read, and not even a popular title from him.

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Post by: trout-r-us on October 31, 2022, 12:53:46 PM
Lest we forget. 🙁

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Post by: trout-r-us on November 02, 2022, 11:03:29 AM
"Survive until tomorrow"

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Post by: trout-r-us on November 17, 2022, 14:30:53 PM
Agatha Christie.  'Nough said.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on November 30, 2022, 13:51:09 PM

The third installment of The Dark Tower journey. They're getting better as I progress.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on December 02, 2022, 14:50:27 PM

Uniquely written. I wonder if other works from this author are the same in terms of format/punctuation.....

The book got better as I progressed through it. Some tough mental pictures here to consider, especially if you've got children similarly aged.

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Post by: trout-r-us on December 15, 2022, 13:46:04 PM
"Imagined Order"   Y.H.

A ruthless lot for sure.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on December 19, 2022, 23:48:11 PM

Another one down.

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Post by: trout-r-us on December 20, 2022, 21:59:11 PM
Another step down the rabbit hole of organized religion.

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Post by: Dougfish on December 23, 2022, 10:42:46 AM

Welcome to Al-Mutanabbi Street the 'Book Market of Baghdad', where books remain in the street at night because Iraqis say:

"The reader does not steal and the thief does not read."

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Post by: trout-r-us on January 07, 2023, 12:03:08 PM
"It is not the past that matters, but the future"
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 08, 2023, 15:11:29 PM
From headwaters;

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on January 29, 2023, 19:26:48 PM
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Should be required reading for all those in drug court 
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Post by: Dee-Vo on March 09, 2023, 23:00:08 PM

Meh.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 16, 2023, 07:21:47 AM
Just pre-ordered this one -- saw it on Southern Culture of the Fly's insta...



The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is an iconic species among fly anglers and cold-water conservationists in eastern North America. This fish registers as a powerful symbol for its beauty and its imagery in art and literature. Its presence also tells us a great deal about the health of the larger environment. When an angler has a brook trout in hand, there is confidence that the water is close to pristine. Besides being an important indicator species, the brook trout, with its gold and reddish markings and its camouflaged green and black back, is one of the most beautiful freshwater fish in North America. And beyond the beauty of the fish itself, the environment in which it is found is also part of its past and present appeal. To fish for brook trout is often to fish in the last remote and rugged landscapes in the East, "fishscapes" that have not been polluted by stocking trucks that dump nonnative brown and rainbow trout in most of the East's accessible cold waterways.

Searching for Home Waters is part science, part environmental history, and part personal journey of the author, Michael K. Steinberg, and those he interviewed during his travels. The work takes a broad perspective that examines the status of brook trout in the eastern United States, employing a "landscape" approach. In other words, brook trout do not exist in a vacuum; they are impacted by logging, agriculture, fishing policies, suburban development, mining, air pollution, and climate change. Thus, while the book focuses specifically on the status and management of the brook trout―from Georgia to Labrador―it also tells the larger story of the status of the eastern environment. As a "pilgrimage," this book is also a journey of the heart and contains Steinberg's personal reflections on his relationship with the brook trout and its geography.
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Post by: trout-r-us on March 17, 2023, 08:25:14 AM
"Instinct is a marvellous thing," mused Poirot. "It can neither be explained nor ignored."

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Post by: trout-r-us on March 18, 2023, 06:27:41 AM
First of her mysteries I've figured out before the end. Or just a lucky guess.

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Post by: trout-r-us on March 20, 2023, 19:43:10 PM
Another sad reminder of white supremacy and hatred.


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Post by: trout-r-us on March 20, 2023, 19:49:56 PM
If preferred, the Gates work is available on PBS Passport as a 4 part series.

https://youtu.be/8buF2t0VMFs
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Post by: trout-r-us on March 23, 2023, 07:39:56 AM
"The people who do us most harm are the people who shield us from reality."
― Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs

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Post by: Dee-Vo on March 29, 2023, 21:42:39 PM

Quite the story, really. And so old. A hell of an imagination for a lady living in those times.

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Post by: trout-r-us on April 01, 2023, 09:56:42 AM
A beautiful true story of friendship, love, kindness, life, and death.

"Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long."

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Post by: trout-r-us on April 03, 2023, 05:15:37 AM
At times, the daily grind can just seem to drive ya buggy.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on April 10, 2023, 13:31:53 PM

Another one down. Not the best, but a different style of writing, this one. The way he ties stories together from book to book even if years and years have passed between them is the neatest thing to keep an eye open for.

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Post by: trout-r-us on April 16, 2023, 13:41:15 PM
"My own mind is my own church."
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

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Post by: Dee-Vo on April 29, 2023, 12:07:54 PM

Probably the girliest book I've read, or very close.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 03, 2023, 16:43:06 PM
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Snagged this for $6 at Ed McKays Used Books and more

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Post by: trout-r-us on May 04, 2023, 05:52:52 AM
Available wherever books have not been banned.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on May 04, 2023, 13:44:08 PM
Quote from: trout-r-us on May 04, 2023, 05:52:52 AMAvailable wherever books have not been banned.

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Started that one at some point and didn't finish, I don't think. May need to circle back to it.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on May 04, 2023, 13:46:37 PM

Just finished this. Excellent read. Outdoorsy with a touch of suspense. Enjoyed it.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 04, 2023, 14:00:15 PM
Quote from: trout-r-us on May 04, 2023, 05:52:52 AMAvailable wherever books have not been banned.

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A laugh out loud read for sure. I've read it twice and have the audio version as well.
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Post by: Trout Maharishi on May 08, 2023, 02:20:22 AM
Also available on Kindle

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Post by: Trout Maharishi on May 08, 2023, 03:20:59 AM
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Post by: trout-r-us on June 08, 2023, 19:12:27 PM
Does a good job of dispelling NRA B.S.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on June 09, 2023, 07:41:28 AM
My second read from this author. This one was decent. Not as good as These Silent Woods.

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Post by: trout-r-us on June 21, 2023, 16:32:43 PM
"It's a long way," John said slowly, "ain't it? It's a hard way. It's uphill all the way."
― James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on June 27, 2023, 12:59:18 PM
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Post by: trout-r-us on July 12, 2023, 15:26:54 PM
Complex writing.
In a search for some answers, I uncovered even more questions. 🤔
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Post by: trout-r-us on July 18, 2023, 07:40:08 AM
Absolutely Brilliant!!!

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 22, 2023, 10:32:52 AM
looks like this one will need to be updated...



Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe.

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In a year and a half of conflict, land mines — along with unexploded bombs, artillery shells and other deadly byproducts of war — have contaminated a swath of Ukraine roughly the size of Florida or Uruguay. It has become the world's most mined country.

The transformation of Ukraine's heartland into patches of wasteland riddled with danger is a long-term calamity on a scale that ordnance experts say has rarely been seen, and that could take hundreds of years and billions of dollars to undo.

Efforts to clear the hazards, known as unexploded ordnance, along with those to measure the full extent of the problem, can only proceed so far given that the conflict is still underway. But data collected by Ukraine's government and independent humanitarian mine clearance groups tells a stark story.

"The sheer quantity of ordnance in Ukraine is just unprecedented in the last 30 years. There's nothing like it," said Greg Crowther, the director of programs for the Mines Advisory Group, a British charity that works to clear mines and unexploded ordnance internationally

https://wapo.st/3q0hQZL
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Post by: trout-r-us on July 22, 2023, 12:51:21 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 22, 2023, 10:32:52 AMlooks like this one will need to be updated...

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Ukraine is now the most mined country. It will take decades to make safe.

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In a year and a half of conflict, land mines — along with unexploded bombs, artillery shells and other deadly byproducts of war — have contaminated a swath of Ukraine roughly the size of Florida or Uruguay. It has become the world's most mined country.

The transformation of Ukraine's heartland into patches of wasteland riddled with danger is a long-term calamity on a scale that ordnance experts say has rarely been seen, and that could take hundreds of years and billions of dollars to undo.

Efforts to clear the hazards, known as unexploded ordnance, along with those to measure the full extent of the problem, can only proceed so far given that the conflict is still underway. But data collected by Ukraine's government and independent humanitarian mine clearance groups tells a stark story.

"The sheer quantity of ordnance in Ukraine is just unprecedented in the last 30 years. There's nothing like it," said Greg Crowther, the director of programs for the Mines Advisory Group, a British charity that works to clear mines and unexploded ordnance internationally

https://wapo.st/3q0hQZL

The Horror!!!
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Post by: Fishbug on July 22, 2023, 21:35:09 PM
Good brookie article in this spring's SCOF

http://www.southerncultureonthefly.com/iscof_spring2023_issue47.pdf
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on July 25, 2023, 13:55:27 PM
I think there was a post about the Monument Men book... Ill just place this here....


Richard Barancik, last of 'Monuments Men' from World War II, dies at 98
His unit, tasked with safeguarding European art and culture amid the destruction and plunder of war, was dramatized in the film 'The Monuments Men'

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Richard Barancik, the last living member of a special Allied unit whose mission to safeguard the artistic patrimony of Europe amid the destruction and plunder of World War II was dramatized in the Hollywood film "The Monuments Men," died July 14 at a hospital in Chicago. He was 98.

His daughter Jill Barancik confirmed his death but did not cite a cause.

For much of his life, Mr. Barancik was known as an architect, sought after for the stylish homes, high-rise apartment buildings and office complexes that he and his firm designed in his home city of Chicago and across the country.

But in his final years, he came to renown for his role in a chapter of World War II that had long gone unnoted. For three months after the end of the war, Mr. Barancik, then a 21-year-old private first class in the U.S. Army, assisted in the operations of a unit known as the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section.

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Post by: Dougfish on July 25, 2023, 14:22:07 PM
Very good movie, btw.
RIP.
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Post by: trout-r-us on August 07, 2023, 18:55:01 PM
A special writer with a knack for expression.
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Post by: Dee-Vo on August 09, 2023, 17:56:55 PM

First one from this author for me. A good storyline with outdoorsy adventure all in the mix.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 16, 2023, 22:08:28 PM
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Post by: Dougfish on August 18, 2023, 13:01:48 PM
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I used to read voraciously. Especially in the winter. I'm getting back in the groove.
Good, not great book. Has its moments, though. This third paragraph from the end kind of sums it up for me.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 24, 2023, 21:09:13 PM
My friend Buddy, @blue ridge angler, who was a member of the board lost his mother a while back and his father wrote the most amazing story of their life and dealing with the grief of her sudden passing. I met his parents a few years back and felt a connection to the family. I purchased the book, The First 60 Days, and when I received it this afternoon, I opened in with plans to glance at it and then stick it in the queue of unread books, but I was capativated by the story and couldn't put it down.

I highly recommend this book for everybody. A very moving memorial and history of America through tumultuous times of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War, but in the end it just a story of true love.

Peace.


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Post by: Dougfish on August 25, 2023, 08:04:37 AM
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Two gems by James Salter.
I'm a history buff. And a military aviation buff.
These post WWII historical novels check my boxes.
And from a stellar author.
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Post by: Dougfish on August 25, 2023, 09:00:24 AM
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What a great book on an underappreciated slice of history.
Very well researched and written.
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Post by: trout-r-us on August 30, 2023, 17:07:56 PM
🙁😡

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Post by: Dougfish on August 30, 2023, 17:14:52 PM
The most tear jerking history book ever written. A gut punch.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 03, 2023, 20:42:40 PM
This is turning out to be a great adventure / history book!

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Post by: Phil on September 04, 2023, 07:12:56 AM
You read books on your telephone??  :o
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 04, 2023, 08:30:41 AM
Quote from: Phil on September 04, 2023, 07:12:56 AMYou read books on your telephone??

Audio Book, Phil, aka books on tape. 

I borrow from the library with the  Libby APP   (https://libbyapp.com/interview/welcome#doYouHaveACard)
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Post by: Dee-Vo on September 25, 2023, 19:31:39 PM
Finished this one this evening. First for me from Ms. Ahlborn. Gory. Horror-y. West Virginia-y. Decent. Simplistic writing style.

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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 27, 2023, 14:44:36 PM
After reading Nick Lyons' Fire in the Straw, I stumbled upon two podcast where he was interviewed.



Orvis Podcast: The Godfather of Modern Fly-Fishing Books, Nick Lyons (https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/orvisffguide/The_Godfather_of_Modern_Fly-Fishing_Books_Nick_Lyons.mp3) Interview starts at 41:10.


In the podcast he mentioned several out of print and public domain books one of which was Golden days, from the fishing-log of a painter in Brittany
by Fedden, Romilly, d. 1939


That one is available on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/goldendaysfromfi00feddiala/page/n9/mode/2up


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Post by: troutboy_II on September 27, 2023, 16:04:25 PM
Ok, I will add to the list.  :Dance

Friend suggested the Bruno, Chief of Police series set in the Dordogne, France by Martin Walker since he knew I enjoyed the Louise Penny series about Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, set in Quebec Province, Canada. Both series are really well written "who done it's" and  have been a pleasure to pick up (or download from Libby at the local library). Around 20 books in each series I think. Not particularly political or enlightening, but a real pleasure to read. Both authors can write!

My $.02.

TB
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Post by: trout-r-us on September 28, 2023, 07:54:13 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on September 03, 2023, 20:42:40 PMThis is turning out to be a great adventure / history book!

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He must've really racked his brain in search of a good Title. 🤣🤣
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on September 29, 2023, 14:11:56 PM
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I thought that Shackleton's endurance expedition was the greatest Antarctic survival Story. But perhaps I was wrong. This is pretty intense and I had heard of it before. I'm about halfway through.
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Post by: Woolly Bugger on October 10, 2023, 11:09:23 AM
After listening to Alone on the Ice, I had to go back and listen to the Endurance story once again.

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Post by: trout-r-us on October 19, 2023, 19:38:44 PM
Poirot is the greatest.

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Post by: trout-r-us on October 23, 2023, 17:44:02 PM
A fun short story and Halloween tradition.
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Post by: trout-r-us on December 08, 2023, 08:33:04 AM
Interesting how the good stuff never seems to get old.

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Post by: Dee-Vo on January 05, 2024, 08:13:58 AM
Another one finished.

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Post by: rbphoto on January 05, 2024, 08:18:49 AM
Really enjoyed this:

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Post by: trout-r-us on January 06, 2024, 09:13:02 AM
"Amor Fati"

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Post by: trout-r-us on January 18, 2024, 13:58:35 PM
Two great men from extremely different backgrounds that left the country a better place than what they found. 👍

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Post by: trout-r-us on January 24, 2024, 17:55:33 PM
100 year old life advice withstands the test of time.

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Post by: trout-r-us on February 07, 2024, 18:41:47 PM
"Shalleemone"

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Post by: trout-r-us on March 03, 2024, 09:20:32 AM
Good schtuff.
🎶The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away.🎶


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