Kittling: Books: A Green Weekly Link Round-Up

Another storm system, and more rain. It's been a while since everything has been so green, and I'm enjoying it. I'm crossing my fingers that the current pattern continues here at Casa Kittling with light to moderate showers. Other parts of the valley are getting hammered, unfortunately, and while I do feel for those folks, I just don't need my pool full of mud and debris.

While searching for a specific photo, I came across ones that Denis and I took on our trip to Lake Havasu. This is one of several lighthouses that ring the lake. I bet you never thought there were lighthouses in the desert!

I've been reading about the water levels on Lake Powell rising due to all the rain from these storm systems coming through. Every single drop is so badly needed!

Now on to something completely different. The number of authors asking me to review their books is on the rise, and a recent request made me laugh. This particular author had seen my review of The Girls Before, and since her book had some similarities, she thought I'd be interested in reading it. Now... she might have seen my review, but did she actually read it? 😄

I want to watch it rain while reading more of Walt Longmire's adventures, so I'd better head on out to the link corral. Virtual hugs to you all!

Enjoy the links!

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

The forgotten stories behind presidential campaign buttons. (I remember the campaign button my mother secretly wore while she worked at the polling place in town: PACK YUR BAGS, MAMIE, THE KENNEDYS ARE COMING!
How one ghost story competition continues to haunt the humanities-- just in time for Halloween.
Why washing machines took decades to catch on.
The only mystery to the decline of reading is why we pretend it's a mystery.
Quiz: How many Agatha Christie book titles can you complete from memory?
The one book so controversial that even the King of Horror pulled it from publication.

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

Mourners placed an ancient sippy cup in a Roman toddler's grave. It may have been meant to sustain the child on the journey to the afterlife.
Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a mud-brick tomb featuring a heartbreaking elegy to an ancient man's father.
Thieves pulled off another shocking art heist in France. This time, they took a 330-pound bronze book cover designed by Salvador Dalí.
A 3,000-year-old burial of an ancient Egyptian horse has been found-- and a nearby stone carving depicts a captured prisoner.
Archaeologists discovered a "tomb of the very highest rank" in a 2,700-year-old Etruscan cemetery.
The case of the mysterious medieval skeleton buried in a Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey is finally solved.

►Channeling My Inner Elly May Clampett◄

A six-year-old Labrador named Sgiath from the Scottish Highlands learned to sniff out a slimy marine invader called "sea vomit"-- a skill that earned her the Animal of the Year Award.
Wildlife biologists have started vaccinating shy albatrosses by hand, taking aim at the spread of avian flu in Tasmania.
Watch a playful octopus chase a green laser light like a cat.
Three African wild dogs made a record-breaking trek across Zambia, traveling more than 2,500 miles in search of mates.
New Zealand welcomes a record 90 kakapo chicks, helping the world's chunkiest parrot species rebound from the brink of extinction.
What we lose in the face of extinction.

►The Wanderer◄

California redwoods are struggling in the heat-- and it's not clear how much damage is being done.
London's oldest restaurant, frequented by monarchs and pop stars alike, is a site of "living history." Now it's protected by the National Trust for generations to come.
These 15 photos showcase the intensely brilliant colors of coral reefs and the creatures that live among them.
How Colorado's wildlife mitigation efforts-- including the largest animal crossing overpass in North America-- are making everyone safer.
Where the Great Depression hit America hardest, mapped.
How Belle Époque Paris captured the hearts of American travelers and artists.

►Fascinating Folk◄

She painted the first known self-portrait of an artist at work-- and signed it-- nearly 500 years ago. Who was Catharina van Hemessen?
The women breaking the rules of Balinese dance.
Margaret Hamilton, a pioneering software engineer who made the first human moon landing possible, has died at the age of 90.
Who's behind London's hottest new bookstore? Freud's librarian grandson!
High school student Mia Heller invented a filter that eliminates 96% of microplastics from drinking water.
Pioneering mountain climber and skier Christine L. Reid filmed her own exploits.