A contender for the best book I've read this year is George R. Stewart's Ordeal by Hunger, which is considered the definitive account of the Donner Party tragedy. I came across this book as an admirer of Stewart's delightful treatise Names on the Land, a historical accounting of the US and its place names. I … Continue reading On the Donner Party
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On 7 things from last week (5/15/23)
Rain. The amount of rain we got last week was astounding for the Front Range. Our home weather station recorded 3" in two days, which is a shocking amount for out here. (The Denver region is in a "semi-arid" climate zone.) Tilling. Getting ready to xeriscape another section of our lawn involved 20 minutes of … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (5/15/23)
