I am very pleased to be sharing some airtime with you again, and giving credit where credit is due to the incredible work of Dr. Ellis. Just finished building a shed on my Big Bear, CA property which won’t appear in the episode, but it’s providing an incredible space of resilience. (Still need to build the stairs though!)
The narrator for the audiobook, Adam Sims, is fantastic. He also narrated Donna Tartt’s novel A Secret History, one of my favorites, so I was stoked he was available!
Cheers Bill! I am very aware of how much more sustainable life is in Ireland when I drive through Wicklow – pastures and farm everywhere. Even landing at the Dublin airport, you see horses grazing next to the runway. I guess this is why it was ranked one of the top 5 places to weather a collapse by The Guardian recently (along with the UK – which I’m not sure I agree with after living there for a decade!). Do you have Duncan Campbell’s War Plan UK in your collection? It’s rare, and about Cold War government preparation, but it’s an incredible piece of investigative journalism. Also, don’t Richard Mitchell’s Dancing at Armageddon! In fact, maybe we can ask John whether we can get a books and article archive going here? I have a nice pile of (mostly academic) material.
It was my pace that changed. I was moving too fast, consuming too much, living too close to the edge. I didn’t realise how precarious my life was until I slowed down and realised that my pace was controlling my trajectory. It simply wasn’t sustainable.
Thanks Olly, the narrator for the audiobook, Adam Sims, is fantastic. He also read Donna Tartt’s a Secret History, which is one of my favorite novels. So I was delighted he was available!
Yes I am indeed here lurking, John 😀 That interview was so much fun, but I was WAY over-caffeinated. I’m glad you were there as the voice of calm.
Thank you so much for recommending my book, Bill! Writing the book was certainly an education for me, it’s changed the way I live my life.