I always thought court philosopher would be a good gig
Can't really choose a favorite, but it would have to be something from Leonard Cohen -
Ring the bells that still can ring,
Forget your perfect offering,
There is a crack, a crack in everything,
That’s how the light gets in.
Thank you for sending me back to this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7V8DRfZBQI&t=235s (in case anyone missed it)
Also - giant hogweed, which will burn you...https://www.nps.gov/articles/species-spotlight-giant-hogweed.htm
Pretty cold (average low temps are below freezing 5 months of the years - lowest about 30 below, though that was before the heat pumps).
Two logs houses - the heat pumps have done a great job, though we still use the wood stoves some (often just for the coziness/nostalgia).
sketch artist: "I'm good, but not that good"
Let Michael Schur guide you! - Watch The Good Place and read How to Be Perfect
It's been a while, but I think Max Barry came up with Global Unified Deity in Jennifer Government (great book, by the way)
I quite like these - and hope for the best
Gene Weingarten - One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America.
I love the way he writes - check out his long feature writing.
I seem to gravitate towards journalists: Tracy Kidder, Erik Larson, Sarah Vowell, Joel Achenbach, Jon Krakauer, Joe Starita, Mary Roach
Agatha Christie's are classics, of course - and Dorothy Sayers - but there are so many variations.
Maybe check out Ann Cleeves, or Andrew Vachss is you prefer darker, or Ruth Rendell and Patricia Highsmith for psychological -
" So, that means every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life."