oreneta aground (but missinaibi's afloat!): Something I love

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Something I love

Something I LOVE about being here?

Almond trees. They are blooming now. In February. Anyone who has not been through a harsh Northern winter cannot begin to understand how miraculous it feels to see blooms in February!

I'll post a photo soon.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: But Chuck can't roll in Almond blossoms. Hey its winter, snow is good
Sea Dog; February 4, 2014 at 3:07:00 PM PST
Anonymous said...: YES that definitely is one of the greatest things about southern Europe at this time of year! GM; February 5, 2014 at 5:48:00 AM PST
Anonymous said...: We had an almond tree in the garden in Csopak.
Sewdog2; February 5, 2014 at 12:30:00 PM PST
Anonymous said...: we got a couple of snowdrops, that's as far as we get in terms of blooming...; February 6, 2014 at 2:12:00 AM PST

Books read, 2024

9.1.24. The invention of nature, Alexander Von Humboldt blah blah blah. Andrea Wulf.titles too long , books too long, she says he talked endlessly, so does she. Read half. He's dead, still a vast amount to go. Endless old white guys. Done.
10.1.24. Hail Mary, Andy Weir. Excellent.
14.1.24 Crocodile on the sandbanks . Elizabeth Peter's. Good.
23.1.24. The Curse of the Pharaoh. Elizabeth Peter's. Good.
10.2.24. The Mummy Case, Elizabeth Peters. Fine.
13.2.24. Unlock your menopause type, Heather Hearsch. Useful.
14.3.24.Code to Zero, Ken Follett. Very good a d perfect foe a day when I'm sick.
24.3.14.The Silent Patient, Alex Michael idea. Meh.
27.3.24.Beth and Boyd Morrison, The Lawless Land. Melodramatic.
11.4.24 Love and Gelato, Jenna Evans Welch. Good.
16.4.24 Oh my mother, Connie Wang. Good.
28.4.24.The Moon Sister. Lucinda Riley, disappointing and kinda bad.
2.5.24.Girl in Dior, Annie Gietzinger. Fine
7.5.24.Atlas, the story of Pa Salt, Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker. Very good indeed.
11.5.24. Lost Cat, Caroline Paul. Good.
12.5.24.The Gutsy Girl, Caroline Paul, honestly, kinda dumb
19.5.24 The Phoenix Crown, Katie Quinn and Janie Chang. Good.
235.24. The Rose Code, Kate Quinn. Frustrating but good
26.5.24. The Burnout, Sophie Kinsella. Generally good.
26.5.24. Shepherd's Sight. Barbara McLean. Fine, good.
27.5.24. Lady Tan's Circle of Women. Lisa See. Very good.
28.5.24 The Carshare, Lucy Mitchell. Light, good.
28.5.24. The Secret Ingredient. Kilby Blades. Meh overly complicated, skimmed the second half.
29.5.24.Main Character Energy, Jamie Varon. Fine
26.24.The Diary of a Bookseller, Dhaul Blythel. Judgey and slightly boring but also quiet and interesting.
4.6.24. 54 Pigs Philipp Schott. Good. Very good.
5.6.24. How to Examine a Wolverine. Philipp Schott. Good.
6.6.24. Eleven Huskies, Philipp Scott. Good.
8.6.24. The King of the Armadillos. Wendy Chin-Tanner. Good.
10.6.24. The Shepherd's Life, James Rebanks. Good.
10.6.24.I Can't remember the title but the cover is blue. Elias Greig. Funny, good fast.
126.24.Six Ostriches, Philipp Schott. Good.
13.6.24. Dressed for Death, Donna Leon. Good
14.6.24. The battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten. Philipp Scott. Good indeed.
17.4.24. Dragon Springs Road, Janie Chang. Good.
19.6.24.Acqua Alta, Donna León. Good.
23.6.24.Quietly in their Sleep. Dona León. Good. Dark.
30.6.24. The Sun Sister, Lucinda Riley. Good.
2.7.24.A.Noble Radiance. Donna Leon.2.7.24
6.7.24. Three Souls, Janie Chang. Fine.
8.7.24. Fatal Remedies, Donna Leon. Good.
12.7.24.Friends in High Places, Donna León. Dark.
15.7.24.A Beginner's Guide to Japan, Pico Iyer, interesting.
20.7.24. A Sea of Troubles. Donna Leon. Good. Sad.
22.7.24.Wilful Behaviour, Donna Leon. Good.
23.7.24.Uniform Justice. Donna Léon, good, dark.
24.7.24 Doctored Evidence. Donna Leon. Good.
25.7.24. Blood from a Stone. Donna León. Good. Dark.
26.7.24 Dead Mom Walking. Rachel Marlow. Fine.
29.7.24. The Neuroscientist who Lost her Mind. Barbara K Lipska, good.
29.7.24.The Rising Tide, Ann Cleeves. Good.
317.24 Arthur Ransome and Cap't Flint's Trunk. Christina Hardyment. Delightful.
1.8.24.Through a Glass Darkly, Donna Leon. Good.
2.8.24.Suffer the Little Children. Donna Leon. Dark.
7.8.24 The Girl of his Dreams, Donna Leon, dark.
11.8.24. About Face, Donna León good.
128.24.A Question of Faith, Donna Leon. A bit grim
14.8.24. Drawing conclusions, Donna Leon, good.
15.8.24 Bird Milk and Mosquito Bones. Priyanka Mattoo. Good.
18.8.24. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs. Steve Brusatte. A bit bro ish but we'll written.
18.8.24.The Lost Flock, Jane Cooper. Fine, dry, niche, informative.
18.8.24. Swallows and Amazons. Arthur Ransome. Excellent.
218.25. Swallow dale. Aurther Ransome. excellent.
22.8.24. Beastly Things, Donna León, good, horrifying, also rare in that the baddies got their due.
23.8.24. Aquanaut, The inside story of the Thai cave rescue. Richard Stanton. Good.
24.8.24 Winter Holiday, Arthur Ransome. Excellent.
25.8.24. Thirteen lessons that saved thirteen lives. John Volanthen. Good
26.8.24. The Golden Egg. Donna León. Man her books are so dark.
27.8.24. Secret Waters, Arthur Ransome. Excellent
28.8.24.Pigeon Post. Arthur Ransome. Excellent.
31.8.24.Days at the Morisake bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa. Good. ,
9.9.24 By it's Cover. Donna león, good
12.9.24. The Farmer's Wife, Helen Rebanks. Well written but also, um
22.9.24. Real Americans. Rachel Khong. Quite good.
30.9.24. Falling in Love, Donna Leon. Good.
2.10.25.Twenty Frangments from a Ravenous Youth, Xiaoulou Gio. Good,
8.10.24.Waters of Eternal Youth. Donna Leon. Rare happy ending from this author. Good.
19.10.24.His Earthly Remains. Donna Leon. Good, grim.
7.11.24.The temptation of Forgiveness. Well written. Too sad. Last Donna Leon.
19.11.24 In Too Deep, Reacher novel, Lee and Andrew Child. Fine.
21.11.24. We solve Murders, Richard Osman. Good.
22.11.24.Cold Skies, Thomas King. Good.
23.11.24.El Búnquer Confidencial. Excel·lent.
30.11.24 Circe, Madeline Miller. Very good.
30.11.24. The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams, good.
3.11.24.Funny Story, good. Emily Henry
7.12.24.Bonnie Jack, Ian Hamilton, fine.
9.12.24.Just for the summer. Abby Jimenez. Good. Surprising depth for a rom com. .
10.12.24.Yours Truly, Abby Jiménez. Fine.

T. B. Read

Montessori Learning in the 21st Century” by M. Shannon Helfrich
Els Ibers del Nord
Sarah Durants 5 novels
Charles Todd
Walter Mosley
Scott and Bailey
Walender
The Paris Wife
Endeavour
Inspector Morris
Tennyson mysteries
James Runcie
Grantchester books
Aunt Dimity
Love in a cold climate
Vassily Gorssman, all his books.
Tahmima Anam, The Good Muslim
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Leila Aboulela The Kindness of Enemies
Ali Eteraz, Native Believer
Ausma Zehanat Khan, The Unquiet Dead
Saladin Ahmed, Throne of the Cresent Moon
Rabih Alaenddine An Unnecessary Woman
G.Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen
Laila Lalami, The Moor's Account
WG Sebald
Elizabeth Hay’s Late Night’s on Air
Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod
2007: Wolf Totem - Jian Rong (China)
2008: Ilustrado - Miguel Syjuco (Philippines)
2009: The Boat to Redemption - Su Tong (China)
The Magicians, a novel. Lev Grossman
Staring, how we look. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert
A gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, by Malie Meloy
Patricia Hampl, I Could Tell You Stories
Miller & Paola, Tell it Slant (the version with the anthology)
William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time: Wit and Wisdom from the Popular "on Language" Column in the New York Times Magazine
William Safire, o Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "On Language" Column in The New York Times Magazine
Edward P. Jones, The Known World
Embodied Visions, evolution, emotion, culture and film by Torben Grodal
Júlio Cortázar, Rayuela. In English or Catalan, sadly not Spanish yet.
W. James Popham, Transformative Assessment
The fixer, Bernard Malamoud
Life: a user's manual, David R. Godine
http://orenetaaground.blogspot.com/2009/05/show-some-lovin-mkay.html
Narrow road to a Far Province, Basho