A small, but powerful act to affirm the natural world.

Spending the day with the original twitterers – robins, cardinals, blue jays, woodpeckers and the rest of the spring arrivals.

Learning the basics of electrical, plumbing, welding and small engine repair are essential skills for the garden and beyond.

Foraging rules worth following for beginners and experts.

My real currency is time. Money hasn’t been based on the gold standard since Nixon was president.

I started different book lists and realized I’d have to sort and maintain several documents.

What follows is an ongoing list of my favorites since childhood. Sometimes I will review or comment on a book.

If it’s on this list, I love it every time I read it.

As I think of a book I love and haven’t read in a while, I’ll add the title to this general list. I may sort by genre in time, but for now, it’s everything I read that’s worth sharing.

To be accurate, wild food cookbooks are listed in the introduction to my Wild Food Recipes.

Happy Reading.

A change is as good as a rest, or at least an opportunity to take stock.