Jun 25, 2025
Long before I oriented my life around reading, I would get the majority of my (4-5!) books per year read during the summer.
But summer reads get a bad rap for being too silly, too saucy, too simple.
So this summer join me in bridging the gap to find great beachy reads.
We want books that have a speedy pace *and*...
Jun 21, 2025
BIG NEWS!
I just finished writing CANADA IS AWESOME: A Little Book About A
Big Country.
This podcast is me reading the whole book!
The book is about all the weird, wonderful, beautiful things that
make Canada ... Canada.
Did you ever notice Canadians speak in the collective?
“What do you think of the weather...
Jun 11, 2025
It started with a modern plea for help:
"Can I charge my dead phone in your bookstore?"
I was in Del Mar, California, walking up the coast of the Pacific Ocean after birding all morning in Torrey Pines. I was tracking my birds on eBird—the Peregrine Falcons, Anna's Hummingbirds, and