New post about Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest climate fiction novel at the new blog A Stone in the River ..read more

I’m moving house! Not me physically, but my blog. Putting my money where my mouth is, my blog will be hosted by GreenGeeks, an eco-friendly web hosting company with green company practices and web hosting that is carbon neutral. Since I moved hosting services, I took the opportunity to change my domain and blog name too. Going forward you can find me at A Stone in the River (astoneintheriver.net).  I moved over the posts I have made here so far in 2021 to the new site, which is up and running but still a work in progress. Everything else on somanybooksblog.com will stay here. When th ..read more

Remember how I was so upset to learn Ralph Waldo Emerson was a Saxonist? I have finally read The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter where she lays it all out. And, well, it’s bad. First, a little history The idea the Anglo-Saxons were the pinnacle of human evolution and meant to rule the world originated in Britain a bit before Emerson’s time. British “scientists” slobbered all over themselves to prove they were awesome and the British Empire deserved to rule the world because of it. They purposely misread Roman and Greek texts, they made up stories and stretched the truth about his ..read more

All I can say is, wow, there sure has been a lot of things happening. I was at work and blissfully unaware about the Capitol insurrection on January 6th. I was having a busy day and floating on the happiness of the election outcome in Georgia until my boss walked by around 2:30 in the afternoon and mentioned what was happening. Then I lost all my ability to focus on anything else.  There has been plenty of commentary from people better at it than I am and I am going to assume you have been reading all of it too. The only thing I will do is direct your attention to a fantastic podcast call ..read more

I’ve not been much of a New Year’s resolution maker for years. But one of my cycling teammates recently posted to our team Facebook page that resolutions are things you usually give up on so she was making evolutions this year, recognizing that habits are hard to change and go in fits and starts (it also makes a great play on our team name: Revolution Velo). I thought it was pretty brilliant, so I am stealing her idea! Making evolutions acknowledges that change is an ongoing process, and intended changes often bring about other changes as well. So here are my Evolutions for 2021 Continue to r ..read more

New post about Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest climate fiction novel at the new blog A Stone in the River ..read more

I’m moving house! Not me physically, but my blog. Putting my money where my mouth is, my blog will be hosted by GreenGeeks, an eco-friendly web hosting company with green company practices and web hosting that is carbon neutral. Since I moved hosting services, I took the opportunity to change my domain and blog name too. Going forward you can find me at A Stone in the River (astoneintheriver.net).  I moved over the posts I have made here so far in 2021 to the new site, which is up and running but still a work in progress. Everything else on somanybooksblog.com will stay here. When th ..read more

Remember how I was so upset to learn Ralph Waldo Emerson was a Saxonist? I have finally read The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter where she lays it all out. And, well, it’s bad. First, a little history The idea the Anglo-Saxons were the pinnacle of human evolution and meant to rule the world originated in Britain a bit before Emerson’s time. British “scientists” slobbered all over themselves to prove they were awesome and the British Empire deserved to rule the world because of it. They purposely misread Roman and Greek texts, they made up stories and stretched the truth about his ..read more

All I can say is, wow, there sure has been a lot of things happening. I was at work and blissfully unaware about the Capitol insurrection on January 6th. I was having a busy day and floating on the happiness of the election outcome in Georgia until my boss walked by around 2:30 in the afternoon and mentioned what was happening. Then I lost all my ability to focus on anything else.  There has been plenty of commentary from people better at it than I am and I am going to assume you have been reading all of it too. The only thing I will do is direct your attention to a fantastic podcast call ..read more

New post about Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest climate fiction novel at the new blog A Stone in the River ..read more