Homeplace: The Social Use and Meaning of the Folk Dwelling in Southwestern North Carolina by Michael Ann Williams. UGA Press. Cherokee County, NC oral history and folk building tradition survey. Points: permanence not a priority; fusion of English, Irish, and Germanic building practices; log houses--community co-op, frame--hired labor.
*** Joyce Rockwood Hudson -- A Journal of the Search for DeSoto. This most wonderful book got me started on breakfast time reading that continues to this day (9/2/2002).
The Writing Life by Annie Dilliard. "A schedule defends from chaos."
The Best of Edward Abbey edited by Edward Abbey "A writer without passion is like a body without soul."
The North Bound Train: Finding the Purpose, Setting the Direction, Shaping the Destiny of Your Organization by Karl Albrecht I used to read this stuff until I finally got the message that the US Army Corps of Engineers, for which I work, was not interested in input from the peon level.
Walking the Trail by Jerry Ellis Of American Indian heritage, he walks the Trail of Tears in reverse, from Oklahoma to Alabama.
Mindfulness by Ellen J. Langer. A new name for paying attention to what you are doing while thinking about things.
Summoned by Books by Frances Clarke Sayers. A bookish collection
of essays about librarianship. Yet a page-turner.
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