yes! also looking forward to the new tony hillerman!
I also read books about the female counterpart...
Ella Clah...who, like Jin Chee and JOe Leaphorn,
investigate crimes in the Navaho/Hopi/Zuni land.

also came upon another murder mystery...set in
Amish (PennsyLvania Dutch) country...and it
included recipes....definately a book by for and about women..

adn today arrived the "new" book i just ordered..
New World Utopia...I am researching historic
communal living "experiements" for an article i plan
to write for communities magazine...Fellowship for Intentional Communities

I also try to read periodicals as they come in..
Mother Earth News....therE is a mudcat on tHE editorial board!
Dirty Linen...Sing Out!....No Depression, ALL MUSIC MAGAZINES..
Home Power, about genertaiing electricity ..off the grid....

also reading maps and proposed Timber Harvest Plans for a
logging operation slated to occur in the water shed above
the community here....portions of 8 sections of land are
included in the proposed cut. a section consists of 660
acres...take that time 8...well it is extensive, and has
the possibility of major impact on water quality, siltation,
run off, habitat loss, etc. ( i am very concern about it)

also have recently enjoyed Kat's Wyoming wind words book!!

also reading this forum, and my e-mail....glad i CAN read
i do a fair amount of it every day!!

also reading the label of Marion's tape, and loving her trilogies!!

and cook books in preparation for tomorrow's feast..