The cold winds have kept me out of the garden over the past few weeks. I enjoy a cold day but not howling, freezing gales. The winds are predominantly from the west here and, at this time of the year, that means it’s best to stay indoors.
It’s difficult to focus some days because of the bombardment of news about the plague’s spread. I won’t add to that; instead I’ll share some of what I’ve been reading.
Here are some of the things I’ve been reading in the past few weeks. I hope you find some of them interesting.
Common ground: ‘I’ve discovered my garden has been built up by the love and labour of renters’
You don’t have to own a home to be a gardener.
The {Farmer} & the Florist Interview: Sarah Raven
I’ve always admired Sarah Raven – she takes the best flower photos!
Robin Wall Kimmerer: ‘Mosses are a model of how we might live’
We can always learn from nature.
‘Most of Australia’s literary heritage is out of print’: the fight to rescue a nation’s lost books
A ‘digital ark for bereft books’.
Why librarians are natural born detectives
It’s obvious, isn’t it?
Dirt is Good
Gardening without gloves.
‘Be interested, be curious, hear what’s not said’
How to really listen to people.
Mystery of the wheelie suitcase.
How gender stereotypes held back the history of invention.
Who is Maud Dixon? – a novel by Alexandra Andrews
The Night Hawks – a novel by Elly Griffiths
Love Objects – a novel by Emily Maguire
Crossbones Yard – a novel by Kate Rhodes
The Heights – a novel by Louise Candlish
Worst idea ever – a novel by Jane Fallon
A Home Like Ours – a novel by Fiona Lowe
What have you been reading lately?
House of Kwa – loving it