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I feel that a common theme of this book is the hedonism of simplifying complexities. Charles displays this in the way he prepares food, fully enjoying simply prepared ingredients. It also shows in the way he reduces Ben and Hartley’s complex marriage into a situation where she is manipulated by an evil husband, the reason being that Ben has been jealous of Charles, who reveles in the idea of being a righteous hero.

In this section, all Charles can do is wallow and think of how he would throw stones with Hartley at their aunt’s pond. James at this time asks Charles if he remembers throwing stones at their aunts pond with him, so I think in the same way that Hartley is an inseparable childhood figure to Charles that manifests ghosts for him, is Charles to James.

God I love an unreliable narrator in a fit of delusion

I like reading this book as I am living “alone” for the first time. I only hope to be as conceited and out of touch.

Mixing flowery prose with a “bad trip” experience.

Shoutout to the Pileated woodpecker that used to be in my woods before my neighbors took out all of their dead trees.

Lots of interesting geological history!

A wee bit waxing poetic. Good still.

Too much bashing of the broad winged hawk for my tastes.

Quite good still. Very solid through-lines of war and exploitation going on historically for phosphorus.

Very interesting portrait of New Orleans in the 1850s.

Lowk enfatuating book that I have been assigned to read for Gregg Sanford’s class on Plant Nutrition Management. Dan Egan writes with an incredibly captivating narrative style. A beautiful saga about boiling his relative’s urine♥️
“Some thought the magical substance could be derived from mercury or antimony or sulfur. Others sought to divine it from blood, hair, and even eggs. Brandt was a urine man.”

A stirring opening that calls me to recount my experiences on a listening point of my own, as it blends into Olsen’s own depiction. Remarks on the majesty of the Canadian Shield.