GOOD READS

A while back, I made a goal to read a book a week. Here's a look at what I've read over the last year.

Read a Good Book: My 52 Books

1. The Irresistible Revolution- Shane Claiborne
2. Dracula- Bram Stoker
3. The Latino Threat- Leo Chavez
4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- Betty Smith
5. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail- Paul Gottman
6. Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World- Tina Rosenberg
7. Working World- Sherry Mueller
8. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson- Emily Dickinson
9. Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World- Dalai Lama
10. Safe Haven- David Haines
11. The Help- Kathryn Stockett
12. Choosing Simplicity- Linda Pierce
13. Theories of Public Organization- Robert Denhardt
14. Raise High the Roof Beam- J.D. Salinger
15. Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck
16. The Next American Revolution- Grace Lee Boggs
17. Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World- Craig Kielburger
18. Nine Stories- J.D. Salinger
19. Persuasion- Jane Austen
20. The Practical Nomad- Edward Hasbrouck
21. The Art of Nonconformity- Chris Guillebeau
22. Brave New World- Aldus Huxley
23. World Stompers: Global Travel Manifesto- Brad Olsen
24. Volunteer Vacations- Bill McMillon
25. Marco Polo Didn’t Go There- Rolf Potts
26. Tim Gunn- Tim Gunn
27. Delaying the Real World- Colleen Kinder
28. Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut
29. Keeping the Peace- Thich Nhat Hanh
30. The Greatest Salesman in the World- Og Mandino
31. The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
32. Les Miserable’s- Victor Hugo
33. Moby Dick- Herman Melville
34. Franny and Zooey- J.D. Salinger
35. Things Fall Apart- Chinua Achebe
36. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
37. Man’s Search for Meaning- Viktor Frankl
38. Life of Pi- Yann Martel
39. Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll
40. The Drowned and the Saved- Primo Levi
41. Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
42. Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden
43. The Brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoevsky
44. Christian Counter Culture- John Scott
45. The Color Purple- Alice Walker
46. Sarah’s Key- Tatiana de Rosnay
47. Classics of Public Administration- Jay Shafritz
48. The Group- Mary McCarthy
49. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered- E. F. Schumacher
50. The Message of the Sermon on the Mount- John Stott
51. Rediscovering Values- Jim Wallis
52. Into the Wild- Jon Krakauer

So many amazing, beautiful, tragic stories- I will definitely be doing this again next year. Happy Reading!

SAN FRANCISO: AUTUMN MUSIC FESTIVAL

Jared and I made a little trip to San Francisco to attend Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011. The weather was perfect, the music sensational, and the atmosphere indescribable. Ok, so there might be a little bit of hyperbole here but it truly was a lovely trip.

I'VE BEEN LATELY THINKING

Here's a little glimpse at some of the details of our life here in Salt Lake City. We love going for walks, wanders, and bike rides around our little city and discovering magic in the details.

                         MEXICO                                                     ALOHA HAWAII                                          KAUAI, HI (PART II)

    

                  BANFF, CANADA!                                   OH, CANADA ( BANFF PART II)                                  BRYCE CANYON

   

        DISCOVERING CAPITAL REEF                                 FROM MOAB WITH LOVE                                              ITALY!!!   

 

           

      COSTA RICAN CAST AWAYS                               HELLO FROM SWITZERLAND                            GUTEN TAG, DEUTSCHLAND          

    

          SAN FRANCISCO!!!                                                ENGLAND                                                       BONJOUR, PARIS        

    

 FEELING LUCKY IN IRELAND                                  LIVING IN KOREA I                                         LIVING IN KOREA II         

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          NEW YORK CITY                                                  GLACIER                                                 BRITISH COLUMBIA        

ITALY

^^^when you're sleeping outside, like a homeless vagrant, this is what you get to wake up to^^^

^^^and this^^^

^^^but...staying cool and clean does become a problem. so, you start eating gelato. ^^^

^^^and dipping your feet in famous, yet dirty, rivers (yes, that is the uffizi in the background)^^^

^^^and with not much more than two quarters to rub together, you can see the most beautiful wonders in the world.^^^

^^^random roman ruin^^^

^^^and fortunately, lots of world wonders are free (the vatican)^^^ 

^^^and you get to spend every minute of the day with the person you love the most^^^

^^^even though he gets mistaken for a beggar everywhere you go^^^

GLOBETROTTING: BACKPACKING EUROPE

ENGLAND

 ^^^packing all of our stuff in london. we eventually started stashing our bags in the morning at the Tate Modern, once we learned they would check our bags for free, and come back to pick them up at night. the joys of vagabonding. ^^^

 ^^^wandering westminster abbey^^^

 ^^^sleeping in the london airport because, well, london is expensive and the airport is free^^^

^^^london, from the top of st. paul's^^^

 ^^^abbey road.^^^

^^^indulging my beatles mania^^^

 ^^^traveling through time^^^

^^^it rains back in time. a lot. it rains a lot.^^^

 ^^^mystical glastonbury^^^

^^^love. true love^^^

 ^^^drinking from the chalice well^^^

^^^the english countryside^^^

IRELAND 

^^^two irish americans, back in the homeland^^^

^^^camping on the wrong side of the tracks (not a campground)^^^

^^^insanely beautiful ireland^^^

^^^enjoying the local music scene in dingle^^^

^^^two of us riding nowhere ^^^

FRANCE

^^^the great notre dame...and jared looking a bit spooky^^^

^^^the louvre^^^

^^^paris^^^

^^^at the top of the eiffel tower^^^

^^^the ol' neighborhood church. (sacre coeur)^^^

SWITZERLAND

^^^us, climbing the alps^^^

^^^our temporary abode- an amazing cliff-side hostel^^^

^^^hanging out with other backpackers...in a wood burning hot tub^^^

^^^what a view^^^

ITALY

^^^when you're sleeping outside, like a homeless vagrant, this is what you get to wake up to^^^

^^^and this^^^

^^^but...staying cool and clean does become a problem. so, you start eating gelato. ^^^

^^^and dipping your feet in famous, yet dirty, rivers (yes, that is the uffizi in the background)^^^

^^^and with not much more than two quarters to rub together, you can see the most beautiful wonders in the world.^^^

^^^random roman ruin^^^

^^^and fortunately, lots of world wonders are free (the vatican)^^^ 

^^^and you get to spend every minute of the day with the person you love the most^^^

^^^even though he gets mistaken for a beggar everywhere you go^^^

GERMANY

^^^the most somber day of our trip.^^^

^^^until this day (jewish memorial, berlin)^^^

^^^remnants of the berlin wall^^^

^^^and finally, we stopped by some german castles before heading back to london^^^

Traveling on a shoestring through Europe was one of the best decisions we ever made. We saved all the money from having a cheap wedding and bought two tickets to England. Two, temporarily unemployed, college students with no specific plans, essentially no money, and an outdated travel guide... sounds like a cheesy Elizabeth Gilbert memoir.