Independence Days – My ‘To Be Read’ Pile Expanded

I’ve been taking it easy this weekend because I do not want to risk a relapse of the illness that’s been dogging me for two weeks. After a couple of cups of coffee yesterday, my brain recovered from the fog and I managed to get to the library. This is my ‘To Be Read’ pile [...]

Hoodwinked – A Book Review

Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded–and What We Need to Do to Remake Them by John Perkins John Perkins has seen the signs of today’s economic meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiascos, the banking industry collapse, the rising tide of unemployment, the shuttering of small businesses across the landscape are [...]

Farewell My Subaru – A Book Review

Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living by Doug Fine In this memoir of mishaps and lessons learned, Fine shares his yearlong trek to turn his newly bought New Mexico ranch into a green and sustainable environment with as little carbon fuel as possible. From using two very lovable goats for his organic food [...]

I *heart* the library

Photo by: sendung One of our favourite outings is to spend a couple of hours at the local library and that’s where Brendan and I spent yesterday afternoon. It’s simple, educational and frugal, so we try to go at least a couple of times a month. I’ll check out a couple of books and then [...]

Recommended books

Photo By: chotda Over the last couple of years I’ve done a lot of reading on the topics I touch on in this blog, including peak oil, the economy, the environment, our food systems, voluntary simplicity and much more. I’ve finally gotten around to adding a new page with a list of books I can [...]

August reading

Photo by: ailatan Over the last 12 months I have been reading more and more non-fiction. This whole economic collapse has been fasinating to watch, even if it’s not so much fun to participate in. For people of our generation, who have never really seen a recession, I think this last year has been a [...]