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Saturday

Saturday, Ian McEwin [xrr rating=3.5/5 display_as=textstars] Goodreads: An astonishing novel that captures the fine balance of happiness and the unforeseen threats that can destroy it. […]

Let There Be Water

Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World, Seth M. Siegel [xrr rating=4/5 display_as=textstars] Goodreads: As every day brings urgent reports of growing […]

Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain

Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain, Chris Stewart [xrr rating=4/5 display_as=textstars] Goodreads: No sooner had Chris Stewart set eyes on El Valero than he […]

An Unquiet Mind

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison [xrr rating=4.5/5 display_as=textstars] The Guardian: The cultural and medical shift that changed the […]

The Templars

The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors, Dan Jones [xrr rating=4/5 display_as=textstars] Goodreads: Jerusalem 1119. A small group of knights seeking […]

Sleight of Hand

Sleight of Hand, John Owen [xrr rating=3/5 display_as=textstars]

A Weekend in San Francisco

A fun weekend in SF at Treasurefest, The Mission and then a morning at the beach under the Golden Gate

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot [xrr rating=4/5 display_as=textstars] Amazon: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was […]

Weapons of Math Destruction

Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil [xrr rating=3/5 display_as=textstars] Would have enjoyed it a lot more if she didn’t politicize the book so aggressively! Good […]

Basse-Terre

Week two of our adventures in Guadeloupe.

Grande-Terre

A week on Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe over spring break.

Seven?!

Seven?! Time flies way too quickly… I was just chatting with Lilia today about how I used do my stretches after riding home from work […]

MacKerricher State Park

Magic weather up on the coast this weekend for a quick getaway to MacKerricher State Park!

Camelback Mountain

We had to do a little work on the alcohol calories after Jim McGarry’s 40th birthday weekend in Scottsdale!