Here is an interesting spin on history: the impact of the outdoors on women, oppressed women, of all kinds. Included are Harriet Tubman, Sacajawea, Louisa May Alcott as well as an amazing Native American basketball team (who beat (gasp) men's teams). From slavery to the children being torn away from family to be given a 'proper' (white) upbringing to an era where women were not only expected, but forced to act in a certain way, this is a fascinating read on the impact of being comfortable and indeed, reveling in, the outdoors had on their lives. Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation, by Tiya Miles is a history read like no other.

I have a chiropractor who helps keep me moving, eases my back pain, and so on, so, when I found Funny Bones: True Tales from a Chiropractor That Will Crack You Up, by Dr. David Friedman, I thought I'd give it a try. It's a good book to read during ads, waiting for the pizza to arrive and so on as the jokes, etc., are better in small doses. Some of the puns are just plain bad (but then, isn't that a characteristic of puns?), others will make you chuckle.

Reading Hermit With Dog