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The train is a great place to read, especially rolling through the
vast plains of Montana and North Dakota where the land stretches out to the
horizon flat as a page. Here's what I read:
COLORS - Issue 65 of the bilingual magazine published by the Benetton clothing
empire surveys the state of press freedom around the world on the 20th
anniversary of the formation of Reporters without Borders, an organization
which monitors conditions and advocates for journalists. The news about news
is not all bad but it needs to get better fast.
The Sacred Balance by David Suzuki - One
of Sarah's former coworkers lent her this. It's a plea for people to recognize
the interconnectedness of all life on Earth and change their behavior
accordingly. Subtitled Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, it describes
in layman's terms the complex interrelationships between humans and air,
water, soil, the sun, and other life forms. It's a wondrous book which makes
plain the urgent need for people to curb their consumption.
Sudoku Puzzle Book - OK, this isn't strictly reading, but it's engaging.
Apparently, Sudoku is a huge puzzle craze which I'd never heard of before.
The game is to fill a 9x9 grid with single numbers in such a way that numbers
don't repeat in any given column, row, or 3x3 subsection. No math involved,
just logic and process of elimination. We bought it to give to Sarah's puzzle
fiend father, but we ended up filling in (and later erasing) several pages
ourselves.
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