Ever since my first reading of Charlotte Mason’s works, this was an idea that really stood out to me. Good habits are often viewed as being a chore in our society. Many parents feel guilty if their young children automatically pick up after themselves and decide to let them off of the hook because [...]
I went out and did my grocery shopping today. I was bummed as I went around Wild Oats and realized that soon it would be swallowed up by Whole Foods. I realize that Boulder is home to Wild Oats, and that is probably why I like it so much. They do a [...]
I just finished Monique El-Faizy’s God and Country: How Evangelicals Have Become America’s New Mainstream, and it contained a lot of different points that I’d like to discuss. It is really interesting to read an athiest’s view of the Evangelical world. She was a Christian until she went away to college and stepped [...]
I feel terrible saying this, but I am so glad to be done with this book. It wasn’t a bad book exactly, but I now come away from it thinking “Hmm. I guess I already knew how to read a book.” That fact seems like it should’ve been pretty self-evident.
I think that [...]
I have all of these entries in the works, but I’ve been bogged down and haven’t had them time to actually write them out.
Last night I had the opportunity to go hear Michael Pollan (author of The Omnivore’s Delimma) speak. It was really great, and it was perfect timing since I’ve been blogging [...]
I am trying to figure out which one I want to blog about. I really can’t decide!
Learning All the Time
By: John Caldwell Holt
Last week I finished Learning All The Time. I really liked it. It gave me a [...]
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By: Michael Pollan
I split this into two entries. I hope that it won’t discourage people from reading the other one
In Chapter Eleven, Pollan discusses the way that the animals [...]
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By: Michael Pollan
I wanted to get this entry up pretty quickly, because I don’t want to look like I am poo-pooing organic These next few chapters have given me a [...]
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By: Michael Pollan
As I continue through The Omnivore’s Dilemma, there is just so much that I want to write about! I am working through the chapter on “Big Organic” right now, and [...]
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
By: Michael Pollan
Wow, I am 5 chapters into The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and it is a great read. I would like to point out that this author is NOT a vegetarian, and even [...]