🏊♂️ The lake is the only cool place around here and I’m grateful for it
Finished reading: I really liked the premise of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: how would people adjust to being brought from the past into the present? Well written too. The last third was a bit too much standard time travel plot though, which detracted from the cool premise 📚
First week of vacation was a great success
🏃♂️ A sobering war memorial on today’s run. Likely a large proportion of the young men in the area are inscribed on it
George has settled into cottage life
Finished reading: Although it took two library loan periods, I enjoyed Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan 📚
Finished reading: The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older continues a fun series: solving mysteries on a gas giant planet. 📚
Finished reading: Tapper’s Day Off by Dan Moren is a fun short story. I’m glad to read more in this universe 📚
Finished reading: Despite having watched and really enjoyed Slow Horses on Apple TV, reading the first book by Mick Herron was still great fun. 📚
🏊♂️ Nice to be back in a lake
Finished reading: An Immense World by Ed Yong is a remarkable book. A fascinating exploration of the senses and what we can learn by trying to understand the perceptions of other animals📚
🏃♂️ Hazy out there from the forest fires on today’s run
Vacation starts now!
After three weeks with a Readiness to Train score around two, I’m glad to be back in the green. Time to get active again!
Finished reading: A Field Guide to Lies by Daniel J. Levitin is a clear and thorough summary of all the ways we need to be on guard for misinformation. Targeted to beginners though, so not a lot of new information for us veterans of the internet 📚
Finished reading: The Longbow, the Schooner, and the Violin by Marq de Villiers is an interesting exploration of wood via those three objects. A bit clunky in sections, though pretty good overall 📚
🇨🇦🥃 Enjoying the Bearface Triple Oak whisky
Finished reading: The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison continues the great Cemeteries of Amalo series. I’m impressed with how casually and simply such a rich and complex world is created in this series 📚
New notebook day!
George is recovering well from recent, minor surgery by sleeping at my feet
