What I read this October

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All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy.
McCarthy's minimalistic prose is brilliant and fitting to the western landscape and the down to earth cowboy characters. ??

The Outsider, Albert Camus.
I've read a lot about Camus as a great existential philosopher, and I think I was expecting too much from his writing. I liked the detachment of the protagonist and the absurdity of the world around him. It's likely better in French.

Tales of Ordinary Madness, Charles Bukowski.
Buk's short stories of drinking, prison, gambling, women, illness, going to a zen wedding, getting his car fixed, and the LA streets. One of the most filthiest books I've read.

People I admire

Jack Kerouac

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Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

 

Kurt Vonnegut

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I've often thought there ought to be a manual to hand to little kids, telling them what kind of planet they're on, why they don't fall off it, how much time they've probably got here, how to avoid poison ivy, and so on.

 

George Orwell

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As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

 

Ernest Hemingway

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The first draft of anything is shit.

Carved pumpkins with the scouts

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The two big pumpkins are mine.

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Bottled a lager

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Pumpkins

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The heaviest is 20kg.

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Tonight???s beer

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Apples!

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I spent nearly 2 hours picking these and there's still a whole other tree full >_<

First year Cascade

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These are, be it on the small side, first year cascade hops from a plant I found on ebay. They are a little late, hence the size, so I picked a few of the bigger cones and they smell great. I'm hoping they grow a little before the first big frost. At least I know next year it will be a reliable producer.

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Cut down hops

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On the weekend I cut my main hop plants down in the heavy rain. The garden looks sad and empty.

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Marrows and over grown courgettes

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I collected all the marrows and forgotten courgettes that were spared death by the slugs. They leave the skin and eat around the seeds of the inside flesh. Which leaves hollowed out rotten smelling shells filled with seeds and slugs. Gross huh?