![]() That is going to be another huge undertaking, with colour correction and getting the swab onto the same shot as the bottle of ink so you don’t have to click around so much. Our next step (and by our, I mean Jon’s) is going to be scanning and uploading all of these to the website. In our table of contents, which I unwisely wrote in fountain pen first, you can look up either all of the inks of a certain colour, or all of the inks in a certain brand. Our ink book is sorted two ways: by brand and by colour. Over a few long and dark nights, there was paper chopping and ink spilled and lengthy discussions about burgundy vs brown and turquoise vs “peacock blue.”īut now, we have an ink book! I know a lot of you were also asking for this, because sometimes you want to be able to compare inks in just one place, and know that you’re seeing “all of the reds” or “all of the blues,” rather than walking around between the shelves. We wanted to make sure we were organized enough to do it all correctly, because we also wanted to make an ink book at the same time. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.It’s been almost 6 months since we moved into this new space, but we finally, finally have new ink swabs up on the shelves! I know some of you were asking what was taking so long, and really, it was finding enough time to do this massive project properly. Now retired, Hilton still volunteers his skills with local community forests organizations. ![]() Jim Hilton is a professional agrologist and forester who has lived and worked in the Cariboo Chilcotin for the past 40 years. I have tried some e-readers and use my tablet for short articles on the road but good old paper books are still my favourite way to read the more lengthy material especially in front of my wood heater on a cold day.Īs discussed in previous articles the internet will be adding old and new material every day will no doubt be the place to go to find your favourite book or reference to a wide variety of interests but I am sure books will be around for some time to come. And the bimonthly Logging and Sawmilling Journal also has numerous maps and charts that are included with the articles. They have many excellent photos, charts and articles make the magazine format better than the internet or a book. Sky News is a bimonthly magazine of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. One about climate change that is good introduction Learning About Climate Change by Lisa Jackson and Lauren Jerome. There are lots of articles that I could mention but many could be easily found by doing a quick google search which would also supply many related topics that could also be followed up on. The Philosophers Toolkit by Patrick Grim. The Wisdom of History by J Rufus Fears 2. ![]() The following Great Courses (Book/videos) 1. READ MORE: FOREST INK: Carney book deals with three big issues The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshanna Zuboff. Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, 3. The following books are not in any particular order:ġ. Of course there is also the internet for looking up basic content of many suggestions from friends and sources suggested on the radio. The Open Book and Rotary book sale is also another great place to get books if that is the medium you prefer. While I have not used their audio books we have found video/book combinations in the Great Courses section most informative. We also have to credit the Williams Lake Library staff who bring in books we have heard of and often have some of the latest ones on their shelves. I have to give credit to my wife Sandi for introducing me to some of the books since she belongs to a book club, is an avid reader and often shares some of the books contents. I do not claim to have read all these books from cover to cover but feel I did get the main flavour of the sources. After a suggestion by Cassidy Dankochik, Editor at the Quesnel Observer, I will list some of my favourite books (information sources) consulted this year.
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