by Jim Windolf
I’m kind of a superfan and avid reader, so little in this book was new to me.
I did learn this: the “y” in Dylan’s name influenced the spelling of “The Byrds” which in turn inspired the Turtles to at first call themselves “The Tyrtles”, and another band which achieved no lasting fame to call themselves “The Myddle Class.”
I realize that for a long time now my blog has been almost nothing but yarn and book reviews. Maybe with summer I’ll have more to say.
My new guy on the left with his brethren.
by Jan Dutkiewicz & Gabriel Rosenberg
A food book with a twist, geared towards improvements to the food system that can scale and actually make a difference. There’s a guilt-inducing chapter about going vegan. There’s a chapter about school lunches and SNAP programs. There’s a chapter about unionizing food workers that I mostly skipped through. There’s a chapter about ditching the demonization of “ultraprocessed” food. The vegan half of the two-writer team really wants us to embrace meat substitutes, which of course are “ultraprocessed.” I’m just not sold on that.
by Caro Claire Burke
This was fantastic. It’s about a woman who is a “tradwife” “influencer” on Instagram. She pretends to have a perfect life with six kids on a ranch in Idaho. Then suddenly she seems to be time-warped into what life would REALLY be like for her if it was 100 years ago. And then…
by Jess Walter
A book club pick which I didn’t like. It was violent and ugly. One of a genre that I call the “Isn’t Everything Terrible” genre.
This tray was full of green zebra tomato seedlings a week ago. Where did they all go? No one knows…
We can rebuild them. Stronger. With a clear tray over them.
Tytania 