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#Samoa #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

We‘ve listened to this book a dozen times before in the car and we could probably listen to it a dozen times more. It‘s just a really good audiobook.

This was good! 4.5⭐
Cristoff spends time in small towns in the Patagonian meseta (plateau lands), getting to know the rhythms of life and the locals, staying long enough to become a recognisable, if temporary, community feature to whom people open up about their lives.
Cristoff augments testimony with some historical research and, probably, a degree of literary licence, which coheres into a picture of brittle lives dwarfed by a vast landscape, ⬇️

"Haikus of horror":
An evocative phrase, but -
children are dying.

#HaikuHive

With apologies that my first entry is rather grim.

Well, Samoans don‘t sound very nice at all. The author doesn‘t have much nice to say about Tongans (from Tonga) or New Zealanders for that matter. #Samoa #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

John McPhee‘s Irons in the Fire is a masterclass in literary journalism. With his signature precision and curiosity, McPhee uncovers unexpected depth in overlooked corners of American life, from a Nevada brand inspector navigating modern cattle rustling, to FBI geologists solving crimes with grains of sand.

Essays span topics like forensic geology, WWII balloon bombs, parole hearings, tire fires, untouched forests, and even exotic car auctions.

Travelled about 6,900 miles from Vancouver, BC to São Paulo, Brazil, with my parents in 1982. #majicmonday

Thanks for the tag @Eggs #majicmonday

I don‘t travel a ton but I have road-tripped from Wisconsin to Arkansas which was fun!

#majicmonday Thanks for the tag @Eggs ! This was fun to look up. Venice (5,700 miles) narrowly beat Trondheim, Norway (5,400 miles). Inset photo is looking back at Venice from our boat on the way to Marco Polo Airport.

We have some mighty world travelers on litsy. I can‘t wait to hear from @wanderinglynn @Cuilin @BarbaraBB @julesG @Teresereading