{"id":627,"date":"2010-12-05T22:27:33","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T02:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=627"},"modified":"2010-12-06T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T12:43:51","slug":"chucks-big-stack-o-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Chuck’s Big Stack o’ Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have these cart\/table thingies in our house, they’re like end tables on wheels. I don’t know where they came from, they suddenly appeared one day. Perhaps the cart fairy dropped them down the chimney. Wherever or however, I like them.<\/p>\n

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Stack o' Reading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the cart above I have my current stack of reading materials. I like the wheeled cart because whether I’m sitting on my favorite recliner (the one by the fireplace, natch) or the couch (the north end, of course) I can wheel the cart over to me.<\/p>\n

On the cart, from the bottom is:<\/p>\n

BBQ USA by Steven Raichlen. We watch him on PBS. I was strolling through the library the other day and saw this book. I’ve just started it, but so far it’s quite the good BBQ read.<\/p>\n

Next is a spiral bound notebook for me to take notes in while I’m reading my way through all this.<\/p>\n

Next comes Spain, A Culinary Road Trip by Mario Batali. Another PBS series we watched. You’d think it would be a little silly, but there are so many interesting recipes in that book. All about simple food prepared simply.<\/p>\n

Then The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Eldest son Josh said I needed to read this, and it shows up on book lists everywhere. I’m about a quarter of the way through. I’m undecided at this point. It’s a bit leaden and heavy-handed, but I tend to agree with what I think she is critical of, so I’m accepting so far.<\/p>\n

Then the This Old House magazine. I’m enormously disappointed in this magazine and I’m letting the subscription lapse. If I could be anyone in the world I’d want to be Norm Abrams, and I see the magazine diverging ever further from Norm-ism.<\/p>\n

Finally, or penultimately, The Gift of the Good Land by Wendell Berry. I don’t know how I spent 53 years on this earth and never came across Wendell Berry. He speaks directly to me and will inform whatever years I have left.<\/p>\n

So, that’s what I’m doing these cold snowy days.<\/p>\n

Well, except for the stack of books in the wire basket under the sofa table. That’s yet another story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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