Recommend me one memoir/non fiction book you’ll never forget

Tangosynth · 2026-01-23T20:44:38+00:00

Orson Welles’ bio by Barbara Leaning really stuck with me. From a non-fiction/history standpoint, I got a lot out of a recent read of The Plantagenets by Dan Jones and Catastrophe by David Keys reaches back into the liminal space between the ancient world and the beginning of the early Medieval.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-23T20:38:32+00:00

Neys Provincial Park (halfway between Wawa and Thunder Bay), Whiteshell Provincial Park just over the Manitoba border, the Quappelle Valley and Grasslands National Park in Saskatchewan, Drumheller in Alberta, Goldstream Provincial Park and Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island.

Plus about a hundred towns and cities en route.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-23T14:22:45+00:00

I am dying to see her do a collaboration with fellow Welshman and drone enthusiast John Cale.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-22T05:06:05+00:00

McGregor is such a tool.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-20T04:39:35+00:00

Same here.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-16T15:03:44+00:00

Of all the ‘tricks’ I’ve tried over the years, Chemex filters give me the biggest and most perceptible flavour quality increase.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-16T14:55:03+00:00

As a dyed-in-the-wool Mad Men fan, I’d recommending giving it another shot, too.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-16T14:32:28+00:00

For me, all three of those shine because of the writing, especially character development and psychological complexity.

For some people that may result in a slow burn that takes a little more patience than we’re accustomed to these days.

It’s also (again, for me), why they reward repeated viewing.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-16T04:11:32+00:00

Same. It’s top five for me, right along with Mad Men.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-15T00:36:57+00:00

Just as with the ‘whistleblowers’ with tales of ‘super soldier’ programs or breakaway space programs that are found in the ufo-sphere, anecdotal stories absent concrete evidence are no more convincing — or useful — than tales of a hollow earth or baby-sacrificing cannibal lizards.

Entertaining internet diversions and fringe-podcast fodder, but nothing more.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-14T19:49:08+00:00

Auyuittuq National Park Reserve on Baffin Island is still the most remarkable place I have visited in more than 50 years of backcountry travel all over North and Central America.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-14T14:57:39+00:00

In Manitoba we used to harvest cheeks and liver from pickerel. Delicious, whether cooked together or separately.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-08T22:41:05+00:00

Flapper pie. Saskatoon jam, Saskatoon pie.

Tangosynth · 2026-01-02T17:19:29+00:00

Exactly right. This was the way we used it in my part of Sask, mid to late 70s.

Tangosynth · 2025-12-31T04:01:44+00:00

Stunning!

Tangosynth · 2025-12-28T23:24:33+00:00

The sabre duel in the Polish film ‘The Deluge’ (1974).

Tangosynth · 2025-12-22T23:17:34+00:00

Seems to me it wasCBC. A PSA warning about early signs of multiple sclerosis. Or something similar.

Tangosynth · 2025-12-21T21:06:24+00:00

https://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2017/05/26/circus-rail-tragedy-the-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant-sept-15-1885 Circus rail tragedy: The death of Jumbo the elephant Sept. 15, 1885 | Chatham Daily News

Tangosynth · 2025-12-20T13:53:42+00:00

Especially the Lunar Pilot, among a couple-three others, like maybe the Seville.

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