Allergies are making me lethargic and headachey and about...

Allergies are making me lethargic and headachey and about the only thing that makes it stop is getting up and moving. So I went to the co-op and got plants. A lot of people in town must like to grow peppers, because the whole vegetable and bedding plant area smelled of jalapeno. I got squash, cilantro, curry, mint, and sage, and got them planted in the garden bed and the patio pots. I already have basil, thyme, and oregano. The patio smells like dinner.

mahoni asked: Out of curiosity, what kind of non-fiction to you like to watch/read? I am reading a book right now about Mesopotamia, which discusses "The Invention of the City", and some of the descriptions of the structures made me think of The Wheel of the Infinite. And maybe you don't necessarily read history or science books/watch documentaries for inspiration, but it did make me wonder if you're a fan of any particular kind of non-fiction.

For watching, I have a huge addiction to TV True Crime programs, especially 48 Hours which had my favorite interviewer ever Harold Dow, who died in 2010. For reading, I tend to look for ancient history, articles on old buildings, the weird stuff that the Atlas Obscura finds on the web. (They're on Twitter here.) I have a lot of National Geographic books and history books to look through for ideas. I also like "weird travel" type books, like Destination Truth by Josh Gates (modern day monster-hunting), the Ghost Hunters books, and Your Neighborhood Gives Me the Creeps by Adam Selzer, about doing ghost tours in Chicago.

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Season 5 of The Guild comes out on DVD today, and I wanted to recommend it. You can watch all five seasons free online and it's also available on DVD. It's about the friendships between a group of six very different people who only know each other through their online game, and how they meet in person and become friends in real life, and help each other and support each other and occasionally attack each other and come together to defend themselves from the real-life incursions of other guilds. It's also hilarious. It's written and co-produced by Felicia Day, and it's also not a show you would ever see on regular TV.



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Also, a tiny (really tiny) library in Shutesbury, MA needs help to expand. You can watch the short YouTube vid here. If you can't contribute, please spread the word.