{"id":3497,"date":"2024-05-07T14:06:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/?page_id=3497"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:04:48","slug":"about-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/","title":{"rendered":"About this blog&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-medium-pink-color\">!!<\/mark> I didn&#8217;t expect to see anyone here, but welcome!! To orient you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These are personal notes, not reviews. Some are incompl\u2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Book Notes<\/strong> often telegraphic chapter by chapter jottings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Essay Notes<\/strong>  mostly on anthologies; a few on my &lt;n&gt; favorites; a few single-authored collections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Personal Notes<\/strong> are on writing, travel and geology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I apply categories consistently; the category widget may help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ignore prefixes: they refer to personal projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For more about me see <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\">https:\/\/tomeri.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can reach me at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:snowfall@acm.org\">snowfall@acm.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-purple-color\">Contents updated ~weekly<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Current_Recent\" >Current \/ Recent<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#PendingIn-process_Notes\" >Pending\/In-process Notes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#On_hold_but_intend_to_return_to%E2%80%A6\" >On hold, but intend to return to&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Recently_Finished\" >Recently Finished<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Science\" >Science<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Geology_books\" >Geology books<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Biology_Biochemistry_and_Bio-related\" >Biology, Biochemistry and Bio-related<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Other_Science\" >Other Science<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Other_Non-Fiction\" >Other Non-Fiction<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#History_Social_Analysis_books\" >History &amp; Social Analysis books<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Travel_books\" >Travel books<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Oliver_Sacks\" >Oliver Sacks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Essays\" >Essays<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Anthologies\" >Anthologies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Single-authored_Collections\" >Single-authored Collections<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Individual_Essays\" >Individual Essays<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Fiction\" >Fiction<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#General\" >General<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Science_Fiction\" >Science Fiction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Shakespeare\" >Shakespeare<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Personal_Notes\" >Personal Notes<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Geology_notes\" >Geology notes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Travel_notes\" >Travel notes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Notes_on_the_craft_of_writing\" >Notes on the craft of writing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/#Class_notes\" >Class notes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Current_Recent\"><\/span>Current \/ Recent<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PendingIn-process_Notes\"><\/span>Pending\/In-process Notes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EP#28: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/06\/06\/ep27-the-art-of-the-personal-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Art of the Personal Essay<\/strong><\/a>, ed. Phillip Lopate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RBL: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/26\/the-forest-unseen-a-years-watch-in-nature-david-george-haskell\/\"><strong>The Forest Unseen: A Year&#8217;s Watch in Nature<\/strong><\/a>, David George Haskell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/21\/atoms-of-delight-kenneth-stevem\/\">Atoms of Delight<\/a>,<\/strong> Kenneth Steven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_hold_but_intend_to_return_to%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>On hold, but intend to return to&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/09\/snow-crystals-kenneth-libbrecht\/\">Snow Crystals, by Kenneth Libbrecht<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/08\/30\/a-room-of-ones-own-virginia-woolf\/\">A Room of One&#8217;s Own, Virginia Woolf<\/a><\/strong>  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/BG: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/13\/after-1177-b-c-eric-h-cline\/\">After 1177 B.C<\/a><\/strong>., Eric H. Cline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recently_Finished\"><\/span>Recently Finished<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/06\/06\/ep26-essays-of-samuel-johnson-an-online-sampler-from-the-rambler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EP#27: <strong>A Selection of Essays by Samuel Johnson from <em>The Rambler<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/BG: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/02\/03\/patterns-in-nature-philip-ball\/\">Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does<\/a><\/strong>, Philip Ball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#26: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/06\/06\/ep25-insomniac-city-bill-hayes\/\"><strong>Insomniac City,<\/strong><\/a> Bill Hayes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/CJS: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/02\/24\/ancient-landscapes-of-western-north-america-blakely-and-hanney\/\"><strong>Ancient Landscapes of Western North America<\/strong><\/a>, Blakely and Hanney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#25: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/05\/hallucinations-oliver-sacks\/\">Hallucinations<\/a><\/strong><em>, <\/em>Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/24\/the-midcontinent-rift\/\"><strong>Notes on the GSM Lecture on the Midcontinent Rift (MCR) <\/strong><\/a>[Geology]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RB: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/12\/18\/the-hidden-forest-john-luoma\/\"><strong>The Hidden Forest<\/strong><\/a>, John R. Luoma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#24: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/11\/17\/musicophilia-oliver-sacks\/\">Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/ CJS: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/13\/gods-of-the-upper-air-charles-king\/\"><strong>Gods of the Upper Air<\/strong><\/a>, Charles King<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/12\/25\/seven-brief-lessons-on-physics-carlo-rovelli\/\"><strong>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics<\/strong><\/a>, Carlo Rovelli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/01\/26\/the-year-of-living-magically-joan-didion\/\">The Year of Living Magically<\/a>, <\/strong>Joan Didion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/01\/19\/a-poetry-handbook-mary-oliver\/\"><strong>A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry<\/strong><\/a>, Mary Oliver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>:::: 2025 ::::<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RB:<a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/08\/29\/i-contain-multitudes-ed-yong\/\"> <strong>I Contain Multitudes<\/strong><\/a>, Ed Yong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solo:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/03\/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald\/\">H is for Hawk<\/a><\/strong>, Helen Macdonald<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/08\/02\/no-time-to-spare-ursula-le-guin\/\">No Time to Spare<\/a><\/strong>, Ursula Le Guinn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-medium-pink-color\">Archives<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Science\"><\/span>Science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Geology_books\"><\/span>Geology books<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>w\/CJS:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/11\/13\/four-billion-years-and-counting\/\">Four Billion Years and Counting: The Geological Heritage of Canada<\/a><\/strong>, Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2081&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>Assembling California*, John McPhee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1548&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS:<strong> The Ends of the World, Peter Brannon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1090&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth\u2019s Extinct Worlds, Thomas Halliday- Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo-<a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3211&amp;action=edit\">LS: <strong>A Wilder Time,* William E. Glassley<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo-<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2713&amp;action=edit\">LS: Finding the Forest, Peter Bundy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo-<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2696&amp;action=edit\">LS: The High Sierra: A Love Story, Kim Stanley Robinson<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2274&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2274&amp;action=edit\">Islands of Abandonment, by Cal Flyn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo-<a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2684&amp;action=edit\">LS: <strong>Writing Landscape, Linda Cracknell<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biology_Biochemistry_and_Bio-related\"><\/span>Biology, Biochemistry and Bio-related<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>w\/RB: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/12\/18\/the-hidden-forest-john-luoma\/\"><strong>The Hidden Forest<\/strong><\/a>, John R. Luoma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RB: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/08\/29\/i-contain-multitudes-ed-yong\/\"><strong>I Contain Multitudes<\/strong><\/a>, Ed Yong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;\">w\/26-min:&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"white-space: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/04\/30\/the-catalyst-rna-thomas-cech\/\"><strong>The Catalyst: RNA and&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;\">, Thomas Cech&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RB: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/03\/29\/the-disordered-mind-eric-r-kandel\/\"><strong>The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell us about Ourselves<\/strong><\/a>, Eric R. Kandel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RB: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/20\/the-light-eaters-zoe-schlanger\/\"><strong>The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth<\/strong>,<\/a> by Zo\u00eb Schlanger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3013&amp;action=edit\">Land Above the Trees: &#8230; Alpine Tundra, Zwinger &amp; Willard<\/a><\/strong> <br>[natural history]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3220&amp;action=edit\">w\/RB: <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3220&amp;action=edit\">The Master Builder: &#8230; Science of the Cell&#8230;, Alfonso Arias<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1569&amp;action=edit\">w\/RB: <strong>An Immense World, Ed Yong<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1276&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, David Quammen<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=885&amp;action=edit\">w\/KC:<strong> Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds&#8230;,  Sheldrake<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Science\"><\/span>Other Science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>w\/BG: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/02\/03\/patterns-in-nature-philip-ball\/\">Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does<\/a><\/strong>, Philip Ball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/12\/25\/seven-brief-lessons-on-physics-carlo-rovelli\/\"><strong>Seven Brief Lessons on Physics<\/strong><\/a>, Carlo Rovelli<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/BG: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/06\/24\/co-intelligence-ethan-mollick\/\">Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI<\/a><\/strong>, Ethan Mollick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/26min-BC: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=4460&amp;action=edit\">Why Machines Learn<\/a>, Anil Ananthaswamy<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/09\/snow-crystals-kenneth-libbrecht\/\">Snow Crystals, by Kenneth Libbrecht<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/RB: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/03\/29\/the-disordered-mind-eric-r-kandel\/\"><strong>The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell us about Ourselves<\/strong><\/a>, Eric R. Kandel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/26min-BC: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=4460&amp;action=edit\">Why Machines Learn<\/a>, Anil Ananthaswamy<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3013&amp;action=edit\">Land Above the Trees: &#8230; Alpine Tundra, Zwinger &amp; Willard<\/a><\/strong> <br>[natural history]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BG: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/11\/02\/through-the-language-glass\/\">Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages<\/a>, Guy Duetscher<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3332&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>Best Science &amp; Nature Writing, 2022<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3133&amp;action=edit\">EP#14:<strong> 2023 Best Science &amp; Nature Writing\u2013Overview<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2913&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, Mary Roach<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2620&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind*, Brian Fagan<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1270&amp;action=edit\">w\/KC: <strong>Metaphors We Live By, Lakoff and Johnson, 1980<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=936&amp;action=edit\">w\/CJS: <strong>Alien Oceans: : The Search for Life in the Depths of Space, Kevin Peter Hand<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2011\/07\/01\/ant-encounters-deborah-gordon\/\">Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior,<\/a><\/strong> Deborah Gorden [from Mac Archives]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Non-Fiction\"><\/span>Other Non-Fiction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"History_Social_Analysis_books\"><\/span>History &amp; Social Analysis books<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>w\/ CJS: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/13\/gods-of-the-upper-air-charles-king\/\"><strong>Gods of the Upper Air<\/strong><\/a>, Charles King<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/BG: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/05\/20\/how-to-do-nothing-jenny-odell\/\">How to Do Nothing<\/a><\/strong>, Jenny Odell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/20\/army-of-none-autonomous-weapons-and-the-future-of-war-paul-scharre\/\">BG: <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/20\/army-of-none-autonomous-weapons-and-the-future-of-war-paul-scharre\/\">Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War<\/a><\/strong>, Paul Scharre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/05\/29\/the-power-law-venture-capital-sebastian-mallaby\/\">BG: <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/05\/29\/the-power-law-venture-capital-sebastian-mallaby\/\">The Power Law: Venture Capital and&#8230;, Sebastian Mallaby<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3236&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>The Dictionary People: The &#8230; who Created the Oxford English Dictionary, Sarah Olgilvie<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2990&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth Century Florence, Tim Parks<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2752&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, Greaerber &amp; Wengrow \u2013 A few notes<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1230&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>Mni Sota Macoce: Land of the Dakota, Gwen Westerman &amp; Bruce White<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=282&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond \u2013short note<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/DO &amp; NS:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/22\/leonardo-da-vinci-walter-isaacson\/\">Leonardo Da Vinci,<\/a><\/strong> Walter Isaacson [unfinished]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2011\/09\/15\/the-checklist-manifest-atwul-gwande\/\"><strong>The Checklist Manifesto<\/strong>,<\/a> Atwul Gwande [from Mac Archives]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2013\/04\/01\/the-power-of-positive-deviance-pascale-et-al\/\">The Power of Positive Deviance<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Pascale et al. [from Mac Archives]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2016\/06\/08\/american-nations-colin-woodard\/\"><strong>American Nations,<\/strong><\/a> Colin Woodard [from Mac Archives]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Travel_books\"><\/span>Travel books<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2691&amp;action=edit\">LS: <strong>A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1399&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>To Shake the Sleeping Self, Jedidiah Jenkins<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1338&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig (1974)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oliver_Sacks\"><\/span>Oliver Sacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EP#26: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/06\/06\/ep25-insomniac-city-bill-hayes\/\"><strong>Insomniac City,<\/strong><\/a> Bill Hayes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#25: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/05\/hallucinations-oliver-sacks\/\">Hallucinations<\/a><\/strong><em>, <\/em>Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#24: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/11\/17\/musicophilia-oliver-sacks\/\">Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#23: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/28\/island-of-the-colorblind-oliver-sacks\/\"><strong>Island of the Colorblind<\/strong>,<\/a> Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#22: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/09\/11\/ep22-an-anthropologist-on-mars-oliver-sacks\/\">An Anthropologist on Mars<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#21: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/08\/21\/ep21-seeing-voices-oliver-sacks\/\"><strong>Seeing Voices<\/strong><\/a>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP#20: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/07\/01\/ep20-the-man-who-mistook-his-wife-for-a-hat-oliver-sacks\/\">The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP #19:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/06\/04\/a-leg-to-stand-on-oliver-sacks\/\">A Leg to Stand On<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP #18: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/05\/20\/migraine-oliver-sacks\/\">Migraine<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/21\/letters-oliver-sacks-ed-k-edgar\/\">EP#16: <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/21\/letters-oliver-sacks-ed-k-edgar\/\">Letters, Oliver Sacks<\/a><\/strong> (ed. Kate Edgar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2830&amp;action=edit\">EP #`13: <strong>Awakenings, Oliver Sacks<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2601&amp;action=edit\">EP#12: <strong>The Mind\u2019s Eye, Oliver Sacks<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2373&amp;action=edit\">EP #11: <strong>Uncle Tungsten*, Oliver Sacks, 2001<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2277&amp;action=edit\">EP #10:<strong>The River of Consciousness, Oliver Sacks<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2113&amp;action=edit\">EP #9: <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2113&amp;action=edit\">On the Move<\/a><\/strong>, Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2045&amp;action=edit\">EP #8: <strong>Oaxaca Journal, Oliver Sacks<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1650&amp;action=edit\">EP #7:<strong>Everything in Its Place, Oliver Sacks<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/05\/gratitude-oliver-sacks\/\"><strong>Gratitude<\/strong>,<\/a> Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Essays\"><\/span>Essays<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anthologies\"><\/span>Anthologies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EP#28: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/06\/06\/ep27-the-art-of-the-personal-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Art of the Personal Essay<\/strong><\/a>, ed. Phillip Lopate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3182&amp;action=edit\">EP#15: <strong>The Making of the American Essay*<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1541&amp;action=edit\">EP #5: <strong>Favorites from TGAofAE** 1945-1970<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1546&amp;action=edit\">EP #6: <strong>Favorites from the Contemporary American Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=841&amp;action=edit\">EP #3: <strong>Favorites from Best American Essays of the 20thC<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=860&amp;action=edit\">EP #2: <strong>Favorites from Best Am. Essays of 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1089&amp;action=edit\">EP #2: <strong>Best Am. Essays of 2020 \u2013 First look\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1526&amp;action=edit\">EP #1: <strong>Ten Favorites from The Oxford Book of Essays**<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Single-authored_Collections\"><\/span>Single-authored Collections<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/06\/06\/ep26-essays-of-samuel-johnson-an-online-sampler-from-the-rambler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EP#26: <strong>A Selection of Essays by Samuel Johnson from <em>The Rambler<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/07\/08\/on-solitude-michel-de-montaigne\/\">On Solitude<\/a><\/strong>, Michel de Montaigne [unfinished]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/10\/03\/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald\/\">H is for Hawk<\/a><\/strong>, Helen Macdonald<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/08\/02\/no-time-to-spare-ursula-le-guin\/\">No Time to Spare<\/a><\/strong>, Ursula Le Guinn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP #17: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/04\/12\/ep-17-when-i-was-a-child-marilynne-robinson\/\">When I was a Child I Read Books<\/a><\/strong>, Marilyn Robinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/01\/23\/vesper-flights-helen-macdonald\/\"><strong>Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo-<a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2684&amp;action=edit\">LS: <strong>Writing Landscape, Linda Cracknell<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2308&amp;action=edit\">w\/KC: <strong>Four Essays by E. B. White* [The Planet]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1868&amp;action=edit\">w\/KC: <strong>The Immense Journey, Loren Eisley<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1965&amp;action=edit\">BG: <strong>A Book of Essays by David Foster Wallace<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1930&amp;action=edit\">w\/KC: <strong>Three Essays [Florida] by E. B. White<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=896&amp;action=edit\">EP #4: <strong>Five Essays by Chesterton<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=223&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Essays: G. K. Chesterton: family &amp; sociability<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-medium-pink-color\">Also see &#8220;Oliver Sacks&#8221; category&#8230;<\/mark><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Individual_Essays\"><\/span>Individual Essays<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/06\/06\/reflections-on-glaciology-by-lia-purpura\/\">Reflections on \u201cGlaciology,\u201d by Lia Purpura<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3664&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Thoughts on \u201cOf<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/06\/06\/thoughts-on-of-fragments-and-segments-by-heidi-czerwiec\/\"><strong> <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3664&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Fragments and Segments\u201d by Heidi Czerwiec&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/08\/30\/a-room-of-ones-own-virginia-woolf\/\">A Room of One&#8217;s Own, Virginia Woolf<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fiction\"><\/span>Fiction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"General\"><\/span>General<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/04\/23\/when-the-moon-hits-your-eye-john-scalzi\/\"><strong>When the Moon Hits your Eye<\/strong><\/a>, John Scalzi<br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/02\/25\/the-napoleon-of-notting-hill-g-k-chesterton\/\">The Napoleon of Nottingham Hill, G. K. Chesterton<\/a><\/strong><br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/03\/15\/the-innocence-of-father-brown-g-k-chesterton\/\"><strong>The Innocence of Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton<\/strong><\/a><br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: The Man Who was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton <br>[Fiction] <em>I appear not to have written on this; a pity as I really enjoyed it. <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2023\/01\/29\/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-by-robert-m-pirsig-1974\/#more-1338\"><strong>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/strong><\/a>, Robert Prisig [post 2 &#8212; extended]<span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;\">[Fiction]<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solo: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2019\/08\/15\/thursay-15-august-2019\/#more-69\"><strong>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance<\/strong><\/a>, Robert Prisig [post 1 &#8212; short entry]<br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Science_Fiction\"><\/span>Science Fiction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mostly read for Elle Cordova&#8217;s SF Book Club or the Fall 2025 U of MN SF&amp;F class<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>w\/SFF U-MN class: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/11\/29\/the-city-the-city-china-mieville\/\">The City &amp; the City<\/a><\/strong>, China Mieville<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/SFF U_MN class: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/09\/11\/the-saint-of-bright-doors-vajra-chandrasekara\/\"><strong>The Saint of Bright Doors<\/strong>,<\/a> Vajra Chandrasekhar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/ECclub: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/05\/08\/i-robot-isaac-asimov\/\"><strong>I, Robot<\/strong><\/a>, Isaac Asimov<br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/ECclub: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/05\/08\/parable-of-the-sower-octavia-butler\/\">Parable of the Sower<\/a><\/strong>, Octavia Butler<br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>w\/ECclub: <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/04\/16\/the-left-hand-of-darkness-ursula-le-guin\/\"><strong>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/strong><\/a>, Ursula Le Guinn<br>[Fiction]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shakespeare\"><\/span>Shakespeare<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/09\/shakespeare-course-fall-2024\/\"><strong>General notes for Shakespeare Course<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/26\/the-taming-of-the-shrew-ws\/\"><strong>The Taming of the Shrew<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/26\/a-midsummer-nights-dream\/\"><strong>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/10\/03\/much-ado-about-nothing\/\"><strong>Much Ado about Nothing<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/10\/07\/the-tempest\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">The Tempest<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/10\/12\/measure-by-measure\/\"><strong>Measure by Measure<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/11\/01\/henry-v\/\"><strong>Henry V<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/11\/03\/othello\/\"><strong>Othello<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/07\/macbeth\/\"><strong>Macbeth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/13\/the-winters-tale\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">The Winter&#8217;s Tale<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/12\/20\/cymbeline\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">Cymbeline<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Personal_Notes\"><\/span>Personal Notes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Geology_notes\"><\/span>Geology notes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/03\/24\/the-midcontinent-rift\/\"><strong>Notes on the GSM Lecture on the Midcontinent Rift (MCR) <\/strong><\/a>[Geology]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/01\/04\/2025-ilsg-kilauea-c-field-trip-prep-notes\/\">ILSG 2025 Kilauea &amp;c Field Trip Notes<\/a> <\/strong>[Geology]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/06\/20\/notes-on-sw-england-geology\/\"><strong>Notes on the Geology of Southwest England<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3019&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Learning by Answering Questions (Reddit)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1694&amp;action=edit\"><strong>ILSG 2023 Conference Notes<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3251&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Notes on Graphic Granite and Perthitic Textures<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1169&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Notes on the Geology of Baja<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=888&amp;action=edit\"><strong>What is this Rock, 3: Course Notes<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/09\/shakespeare-course-fall-2024\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-gray-color\"><strong>Notes on my Shakespeare course at the U of MN<\/strong>, Fall 2024<\/mark><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Travel_notes\"><\/span>Travel notes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/06\/09\/london-england\/\">London, 2024<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/05\/12\/keweenaw-peninsula-geology-notes\/\">Keneewan Peninsula, 2024<\/a> <\/strong>&#8212; notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2411&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Amsterdam, October 2023<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;[personal diary]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=763&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Iceland 2022, Day 0: Recovery Day in Reykjavik<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=754&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Iceland 2022, Travel Day: The Yellow Duffle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=698&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Yosemite Trip, June 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notes_on_the_craft_of_writing\"><\/span>Notes on the craft of writing <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>solo:  <a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2026\/01\/19\/a-poetry-handbook-mary-oliver\/\"><strong>A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry<\/strong><\/a>, Mary Oliver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3159&amp;action=edit\"><strong>March Danceness: Notes on an Essay Contest<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=3155&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Reflections on Nine Drafts of an Essay<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=2488&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Writing Notes: Essay Status as of October 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1186&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Writing Exercises, 1 (From OBE)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=635&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Spring 2022 Reading Projects<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1216&amp;action=edit\"><strong>Things I learned from the 2021 Loft Essay course<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1212&amp;action=edit\"><strong>What I\u2019ve Learned from Critiquing SF&amp;F<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Class_notes\"><\/span>Class notes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of my class notes are in word documents; at some point I will perhaps see if I can upload them here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2025\/09\/03\/sff-notes-engl-3022-fall-25-u-mn\/\">Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/a><\/strong> (ENGL 3022, U of MN, Fall 2025). Prof. Sadia Khatri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tomeri.org\/notes\/2024\/09\/09\/shakespeare-course-fall-2024\/\"><strong>Shakespeare<\/strong><\/a> (ENGL 1181, U of MN, Fall 2024), Prof. Katherine Schiel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<p>Views: 424<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>!! I didn&#8217;t expect to see anyone here, but welcome!! 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