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Category: Reading, Writing, and Research
Posts related to reading and the writing and research process
The 400… books, that is… some immortal, some not.
The 400 books I've read since I started writing Enduring Patagonia. With thoughts on one of the most terrifying statistics in the universe. (To me.)
The power of the internet. And of statistics. Both of which I find fascinating
As of this morning, this website has had visits from 119 countries. The US, the UK, Canada, China, and Australia have visited the most. Bolivia, China, Taiwan, ...
Learning To Fly by Steph Davis, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
Davis brings it all off with just the right touches of humility, too, because really, she’s phenomenally good at what she does. She barely has a foot in the sam...
GEO Magazine covers the Hump — CNAC, ATC, Moon Chin, Joe Rosbert, and No. 58’s crash
The June issue of GEO magazine has my article about the Hump Airlift on its cover -- a great platform from which to stump for China's Wings and laud the pioneer...
Another Sistine Chapel truth
Another artistic truth etched in the Sistine Chapel ceiling: “When will it be done?” growled the Pope. “When it’s finished, [expletive unspoken],” replied Miche...
Parenting, climbing, and Enduring Patagonia – watching my son read my book
Strange experience last night. My 12-year old son Ryan and I were reading at the kitchen table last night when he exploded with gales of laughter. Nothing too u...
Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with the plane they took to China
This morning, I stumbled across an interesting photo of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh and the Sirius flying boat they used on their famous survey flight to ...
The world’s most beautiful school libraries
A buzzfeed link to someone’s pick for the ten most beautiful school libraries in the world. They’re gorgeous, pillars of civilization. Thanks to Bo ...
More thoughts on David Oliver Relin’s tragic suicide
Building on yesterday’s post about David Relin’s suicide. The event haunts me. First off, let me do what I should have done first off yesterday, in ...