Gut Feeling; the Microbiome and Our Health by Alessio Fasano and Susa Flaherty
My study of microbiology led me to this book and on the microbiome because I wanted to understand how much of our bodies is comprised of other life forms. Frankly, it could have been a much shorter book as there lots of repetition. I had…
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
I have seen several wonderful productions of this play and have fond memories sitting in a theater being transformed by the experience. I wanted to listen and read to Twelfth Night but didn’t find an audio version that aligned well with the written text so…
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
I read ‘Trust’ and fell into the consensus that it was a profound and original novel. One of the reviews mentioned that ‘In the Distance,’ Hernan Diaz’s first published novel was an original and arresting take on the Western genre. That doesn’t feel right as…
The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck
This collection is like a hovering consciousness, that barely audible whisper that could be the wind or a creaking door. Here we have flowers, plants, daily events, aspects of the weather mumbling out loud a form of awareness. Why? Gluck isn’t interested in stunts. This…
Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
I had mixed feelings about Simard. I feel her love for trees and admire her trailblazing work connecting them with the rest of the forest. However, I felt her TED talk, which was my introduction to her – banal, and slightly insipid. I worried her…
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