In the Cohutta Wilderness, the Jacks and Conasauga Rivers can rise fast after a rain. Due to a bit of poor planning, I woke up one morning to an uncrossable Jacks. Thankfully, this tall and otherwise healthy pine tree had fallen at just the right spot across the river. It provided a useful bridge and a bit of adventure.
A Roundup of My Favorite J. Maarten Troosts Travel Memoirs…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Derek Sivers Minimalist Guides…so far.
I got curious about Twitter again. And then I really looked at the algorithm…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Religion and Spirituality…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Minimalism and Simplicity…so far.
I forgot to get the species name of this flower, but one of the most interesting things in the desert exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens is how colorful so many of the plants and flowers in the desert are.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Economics and Global Trade…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Soccer/Football…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Memory and Brain Science…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Memoirs and Autobiographies…so far.
I’ve been a Murakami fan for years. I’ve read most of his major works and loved the surreal, dreamlike quality…
The Georgia Piedmont is filled with so many interesting outcrops. The most famous is Stone Mountain, but they are all up and down the middle part of Georgia.
I picked up Atlanta Then and Now expecting to feel nostalgic about demolished buildings and lost architecture around Atlanta. Instead,…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on European History…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Negotiation Psychology…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Jo Nesbo Crime Novels…so far.
I read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich in the mid-2000s, a few years out of college. It’s one of…
I re-read the entire Sherlock Holmes canon every few years. It’s my favorite mystery genre, and I never get tired…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Eastern Philosophy and Mindfulness…so far.
Main Street Millionaire by Cody Sanchez is one of the better business books I’ve read in the past few years….
I’m not going to write too much about Lake Conasauga because I want it to be known enough to where it keeps getting maintenance, visits, and appropriate use without being overrun…because if you know…you know.
A Roundup of My Favorite Seth Godins Marketing Wisdom…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books Set in Asia…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on American Cities and Regions…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Wilderness Skills and Survival…so far.
Allatoona Dam is on the Etowah River in Georgia, near Cartersville. It is an incredible piece of infrastructure, and I…
The Three Hares Motif is this weird, fun enigma -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_hares
The Appalachian Trail in Georgia has a lot of granite overlooks in the mountains but especially on the Appalachian Trail. During winter, you can see a long ways off, and in the summer, they are often the only break in the green tunnel of vegetation.
The Soccer Book provides a comprehensive breakdown of the world’s most popular sport, combining technical analysis with historical context and modern gameplay evolution.
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained goes chronologically through 2,500 years of philosophical ideas & concepts, breaking down complex concepts into digestible pieces.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Copywriting and Advertising…so far.
In 2006, before his presidential run, then-Senator Barack Obama published The Audacity of Hope. It was part of a long tradition of presidential hopefuls publishing sort of a detailed personal & policy driven vision for the country. For myself, it was the only book of this genre that I’d ever read before or since. So, of course, I think it’s far and away the best.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Travel in Australia and the Pacific…so far.
Sensationalist title, but I like how it digs into the specific *jobs* in the music industry that are going away -> The future of country music is here, and it’s AI
Lovely post about an intriguing country -> The sights and sounds of Bhutan — Wait But Why
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Conservation and Economics…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Critical Thinking and Decision-Making…so far.
Northern Alaska is possibly the most sublime landscape on Earth. The sheer wild expanse and bigness is transcendent. And thanks…
Fort Morris State Historic Site had a small “children’s history” display that was fun for the family.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Creative Business…so far.
Yeah – I think this is broadly right -> Why are Americans Unhappy? – Chris Arnade Walks the World If…
This -> Why RSS matters
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Independent Business Building…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Happiness and Life Satisfaction…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Race in America…so far.
Laura S. Walker State Park is a very underrated state park in Georgia. It is in between Waycross and the northern entrance of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Life Refuge. The park has lovely cabins, a great day use area, a beautiful lake, and the landscape is enchanting with pine trees and South Georgia flatwoods.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Appalachian Culture…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Project Management and Completion…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Islamic Fundamentalism…so far.
Snow makes everything look beautiful wen it first falls.
Rice Camp Branch is one of my favorite little creeks running along the Rice Camp trail in the Cohutta Wilderness.
But it’s ok to say, “yes, I want to mitigate the negative effects of this massive change, but also, this technology is really freaking cool.”
I got to see a mature-ish American Chestnut!
Appalachian Coves are a beautiful, fascinating forest community, no matter the season. In the winter, you can appreciate the sheer height of the Tulip Trees and the passage of light during the day.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Sustainable Urban Living…so far.
The Cagots, a minority in France whose persecution began in the eleventh century and continued well into the last one….that no one knew how to recognize or why they were persecuted.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Human Migration and Displacement…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Housing and Home…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on American Cities…so far.
I love how beeches hold on to those leaves far past Fall.
Whether you are hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Aprk, the Cohutta Wilderness of Georgia, or the Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, you’re probably going to run across some evidence of human civilization, even in deep forest that has been protected for 100+ years.
A Roundup of My Favorite Karen Armstrongs Religious Histories…so far.
I re-read Brave New World and was surprised at how well it has held up. Definitely worth a re-read.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on the American South…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Essential Books on Mindfulness…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Modern China…so far.
Waterfalls in the Southern Appalachians are rarely grand and tall. They are mostly stair-stepped and draped rhododendron. But they have a human scale and plant diversity around them that makes them so lovely.
Brilliant performance art -> Forty News. Events are important, but the daily news is not the medium to understand them.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Parenting…so far.
I absolutely love this short video from the Cornell School of Ornithology.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Rivers and Water…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Paul Theroux Travel Books…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Memoirs of Unusual Jobs…so far.
Lake Charlotte is an accidental treasure in the City of Atlanta. It’s a conservation tract right in the middle of a massive industrial area. But the tract is big enough and so dense with mature hardwoods that it’s a scenic oasis in the city. Love it.
A Roundup of My Favorite Eric Barkers Social Psychology…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Practical Guides by Johnny Molloy…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Media and Communication…so far.
Ever since we started observing Advent, I’ve tried making our own candle arrangement. A couple of years ago, a large…
The Conasauga River is especially beautiful in late Fall with floating leaves and remnant pops of color from maples and beeches.
I’ve been using LLM projects before ChatGPT even came out. I was using OpenAI’s GPT 3 and GPT 2 back…
I find this map via Mapper_X absolutely insane. And the first thing that comes to mind is the Equal Representation…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Experimental Fiction…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Douglas Brinkleys Environmental Histories…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Colonial History and Imperialism…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Mohsin Hamids Literary Works…so far.
Very good career advice -> What advice do I give to my students? by Michael Levin
Ginkgo trees really are very different. I love how their leaves come in & then drop suddenly. There’s no slowly dropping them over time like oaks – it’s just like “drop!”.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Climate Change and Environmental Challenges…so far.
The Internet has added an astounding diversity of choices to everyday life…but somehow the more choices that we move to…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on National Parks and Public Lands…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Digital Culture…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Human Psychology and Behavior…so far.
I love seeing direct evidence of wildlife in the forest. This area had lots of evidence of beavers just working hard on their dams.
America’s National Historic Trails is a lovely coffee table book that covers some of the hidden gems of America’s recreation & preservation systems (i.e., lesser known than the National Park system or National Scenic Trails system)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books from Literary Fiction…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books from Southern Gothic Literature…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Stoicism…so far.
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I’m Nate Shivar from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I love nature, public lands, books, and the old-school Internet.
