Mourning Wild Oats
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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.…
Book Talk
How to Read a Book (and how to bore a reader)
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…
New books and my chance to hear Michael Pollan speak
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…
This week’s books
I am trying to figure out which one I want to blog about. I really can’t decide! Last week I finished Learning All The Time. I really liked it. It…
The animals on the “beyond organic” farm
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 work…
Beyond organic
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 ton…
Is “Organic” any better?
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 corn-fed American steer
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…
Corn, corn everywhere
On the suggestion of a few women at GCM, I decided to pick up a copy of The Omnivore’s Dilemma – A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan.…
Day 1 of half marathon training
We are finally settled into our new house! Yay! DH is dragging in some new book shelves as we speak. Once my books are in place, I’ll really feel “home”…
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