The first substantial snowfall of winter usually inspires me to read Jack London’s short story To Build a Fire. The storm that rolled through this past Friday and Saturday was no exception and I sat in front of my own fire to read this story once again. I hadn’t previously noticed how many references there …
Category: Book Recommendations
Bobcats Before Breakfast
Bobcats Before Breakfast by John W. Kulish, 1969 “Nature makes no concessions. She neither arbitrates nor bargains. A tough boss, she makes all the rules and none of the adjustments.” (p. 17) Bobcats Before Breakfast is an accounting of the life of John W. Kulish, a self-taught naturalist who made his living as guide, hunter, …
Book Reviews!
I plan to write book reviews and I hope you will find some value in them. I’ve tried my hand at following a typical book review formula and it isn’t for me. These will likely turn out to be recommendations rather than reviews, but I have a rating system nonetheless, based on how much tang …