Here’s what I read in January. Would highly recommend any or all of them.
1. “Chaos” by Tom O’Neill
Review: As a true crime junkie, this blew my mind! So much so, I had to step away for a day to wrap my head around just how deep the corruption of our government really goes. If you think government can be trusted, you better read this asap. Unraveled everything I thought I knew about Charles Manson, the Family and Helter Skelter. Very timely read given our current government‘s lack of transparency.
5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. “A Hunter Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century” by Heather Heying and Brett Weinstein
Review: Absolutely essential to understanding how “anti-human” the path us moderns are on and ways to adjust course. Highly valuable info. on diet, sleep, adventure and all other necessities of life I teach as well. Colors Not Calories will make even more sense after you read this;) As someone with little interest in evolution (from a billion year + point of view) I found the first chapter somewhat boring but was lucky I kept going because ultimately this is one of the best books I’ve ever read!
5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wyngate (historical fiction)
Review: I had no idea there was a period in US history when an orphanage was stealing children from poor families to sell to the affluent! A subject near and dear to my heart as an adoptive parent of a child with an unknown background. This story is beautifully written with the type of characters you miss when you’re done reading. Didn’t want it to end.
5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. “Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky
Review: Haven’t read this novel since it was required reading in a humanities class in college (when I really didn’t get it or give a shit;) Well worth revisiting now that I have a deep understanding of human behavior. This version has an excellent introduction to give you insight into key aspects of Raskolnikov’s tormented psyche.
4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (due to slightly cumbersome language translation from Russian)
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Hello my friends!
I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
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One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt ...
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
