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Started reading this a few years back & picked it up again. Decent read. Intriguing.

Like many Americans, I revere Lincoln. However, this book is not only a great read for history buffs, but would probably be of interest to many who might suffer from mood disorders.

Incredible leadership skills & drive aside (!), I felt a true kinship w/ Lincoln in terms of his moods, hypersensitivity (esp. toward other creatures), & just thinking incessantly. Made me proud to be, well, me.

Like many Americans, always liked Lincoln. However, extraordinary leadership/political skills aside, I'm finding that I can truly relate to him as a human being.

I can really relate to this man.

You know that dry "wash" you drive over on the Gila rez on your way to Tucson? Tough to imagine that it was once a sizable river that flowed to SW AZ. Actually still has rushing headwaters in the mountains of W NM. Put this on my current reads list, a priori #1. Writing an article for the Sierra Club's newspaper, due 6/1. Read a chunk of it in the past, decided to start over. Beautiful writing. A tragedy.

You know that dry "wash" you drive over on the Gila rez on your way to Tucson? Tough to imagine that it was once a sizable river that flowed to SW AZ. Actually still has rushing headwaters in the mountains of W NM. Put this on my current reads list, a priori #1. Writing an article for the Sierra Club's newspaper, due 6/1. Read a chunk of it in the past, decided to start over. Beautiful writing. A tragedy.

Sigh, if only people knew how amazing these animals are. . .

Sigh, if only people knew how amazing these animals are. . .

Sigh, if only people knew how amazing these animals are. . .

Started reading this a few years back & picked it up again. Decent read. Intriguing.

I can't find my (appropriately marked up) copy.

This is going to be a page turner. Autobiographical vignettes, much of which revolving around her life in Tucson's Sonoran Desert. My dad read it after we went to a signing and said that she reminds him of me in terms of how she experiences the world. I've read all kinds of passages and. . .wow, he's right! Now if only I had an iota of her talent & motivation! :)

I had to set this aside a bit--it was getting a little dry. Science writing definitely doesn't scare me--I consider myself a science writer. However, she really needed a table at the end explaining/converting radiation measurements. Instead she continually tries to do so in the text . I hope it picks up soon b/c the rest of it is interesting.