Trees are fascinating subjects. I am obsessed with tree books and try to read all that I can find. But most of these focus on a tree’s root systems or how they influence the forest floor to support life. Not many of these books delve into the canopy of these trees, until now. This is …
OK, in my opinion, he needs the next PNBA award. I so loved Pete’s latest experience tending salmon eggs in the backcountry. Pete is never better than in his thoughtful accounting of years spent outdoors. With humor and grace– this is a another glimpse into heart that’s as big as his mustache. I’ve always counted …
In her regular column for the Yakima Herald-Republic, Inklings Bookshop owner Susan Richmond muses on the store’s 2011 bestseller list, noting how unique it is compared to some of the national bestseller lists and how it’s “sprinkled with sparkling gems reflecting different facets of our unique reading character (and characters).” Half of the titles on …
The way Inklings Bookshop owner Susan Richmond tells it, it sounds like a bookish child’s fantasy. As a four-year-old, she would cruise the aisles of an empty library after hours, sliding out books and carefully leaving a space so she’d know where to re-shelve them. It’s not fiction, though. Richmond’s mother had taken a part-time …
