I have been mentally trying to recreate my reading list I lost (really irked at LinkedIn...holding a grudge and avoiding their site for awhile). Edgar Sawtelle was a wonderfully read - poetic about the Sawtelle dogs. The Art of Fielding was wonderful, too - poetic about baseball and friendship. I found A Reliable Wife stark and chilling, but I couldn't put it down.
It occurred to me that all three of these books were set in Wisconsin. A state I only knew as the summer vacation of my younger life - Ken Murphy's classic log cabin on Spider Lake. And then I moved to Wisconsin with my family in 2006. Reluctantly moved for all the right practical reasons - job, school, proximity to Chicago.
First I fell in love with Packer fans. Then the amazing cheeses that we discovered in Chicago but finally found at Nola's Fromagerie in Green Bay. Then I visited Madison on a beautiful fall day. I guess I've been slow to appreciate all that is uniquely Wisconsin, but these three books are proof that this state is a hidden, misunderstood gem of a place.
But I still hate the grocery stores and shopping. Too many sweatshirts, not enough beautiful shoes.
Stop drinking the kool-aid!
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