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Gustave Blåbær

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Lama Rod Owens: Love and Rage (2020, North Atlantic Books)

In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger …

Important book and vibrant writing! I got a little confused though, about the framework of the book. It was as if I didn't really know how to read and take what was written. I didn't know understand how the book was organized, and how to understand how chapters were coming one after another. Some of the concepts and aspects stayed a bit vague for me, it was a strange experience of reading most of the time. What I think now is that things might have been different if I had heard him talking instead of reading him. I can imagine that I would have been touched much more and better, if I came to hear Lama Rod Owens giving a keynote or a two hour talk, sharing about all his experiences and teachings that he shares in the book.

S. Coulthard: Book of Building Fires (2018, Chronicle Books LLC)

Review of 'Book of Building Fires' on 'Goodreads'

I was excited to read the book, and now that I'm finished I'm like: lol what did I just read.
It's very practical and woukd mainly be useful if you want an introduction on how to equip your home with heat source relying on fire.
A lot of obvious info for people that have at least made a fire once in their life.
I found the timber table useful.