The Curious Garden, written by Peter Brown is not just an awesome kids book, but is also a portrait of the world to come, and in some instances a world that is already here. That night as we sat down to read books, we opened The Curious Garden and were blown away. Before going home we walked down to the small lake by the library and watched the baby ducks with their mama swim around. Without even flipping through it, I tossed the book into our canvas library bag and we went to check out. It had a great title, The Curious Garden, and the cover art was wonderful. The surprise of the night came when I picked out a random book for my two kids. A few books by Wendell Berry, a sci-fi book called Metatropolis ( five short stories about cities in the future), A Voice Crying in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey and a few other ones. Even though I really haven’t had the time to read much, I have been getting quite a few books recently. The other evening we went to our local library to enjoy a little bit of air conditioning and look for some new books to read. Between the gardens, an unexpected house repair project, excessive heat, work, kids, and all the other glories of urban homesteading, I have been more than tired as of late. It has been a long week here at Autonomy Acres.
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