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Hi All!
Here is the current issue of my weekly “Sunday Share,” a list of what I have been engaging with, excited by or otherwise found intriguing.
What I’m reading —
Significant Objects Austin Kleon turned me on to this extraordinary book which demonstrates in no uncertain terms how a well-told story can help turn the most humdrum bauble into a prized keepsake that will have eBayites forking over insane wads of cash to possess. I mean how about buying a plastic banana for 25 cents and selling it on eBay for $75? Done and dusted!
Or how about buying a simple white tile with a black numeral 4 on it and selling it on eBay for $88? Yup! Done! All by just attaching a well-told story that often has almost nothing really to do with the object being sold. The “profession” that probably best gets the power of story in this manner goes by the moniker of “politician,” right?
The 100 writers who contributed to this experiment are mostly brilliant, but it doesn’t take away from the astonishing example after example of how a well-told story can utterly transform our appreciation of pretty well anything. Want to buy my pet rock, anybody?
What I’m basking in the success of —
Face It by Debbie Harry Debbie’s memoir which I helped write is finally out. The design and artwork is out-of-this-world and the writing, eh, is pretty damn coolJ So, here’s a flagrant pitch for you get Face It then let me know what you thought of it. I am so darn proud of it… Here’s what the official Amazon reviewer has to say about it:
An Amazon Best Book of October 2019: With many of the legendary punk rockers of the 1970s – the Ramones, Richard Hell, the Clash, et al. — what you saw was what you got; they wore their anger, disaffection, and alienation on their ratty sleeves. Not so much with Debbie Harry. The founder and singer for Blondie was striking and aloof, a persona more akin to Lana Turner than Lydia Lunch. The band’s music, a bit more polished and inquisitive than many of their peers’, encouraged the enigma. And it made Harry a bona fide star. So does her autobiography pull back the veils? Kind of. Face It has more than enough detail to satisfy any fan, from her New Jersey childhood, her early days in New York, and the rise and fall and rise of her iconic band, presented in a forthright, almost laconic style not unlike her controlled performance in the “Heart of Glass” video. On the other hand, there’s also an impressionistic element to her presentation — one chapter entitled “Close Calls” is a litany of near-death experiences, from birth to car crashes, told outside of the context of the rest of the book. Taken together, the multiple personalities of Face It gives readers the experience they want: All the dirt without sacrificing the art. Total punk. –Jon Foro, Amazon Book Review
What I am putting into my body —
Grassfed Beef Organs, from Ancestral supplements In most countries outside of the US, organ meats are revered as the nutritional powerhouses they indeed are. As a kid growing up in Africa and England liver and kidneys in particular were staples — and God did my mom prepare some heavenly kidney dishes! I have to admit that the hyper-boiled leathery liver served to me in my British boarding school was an atrocity bordering on outright child abuse. But fortunately, superior, civilized preparations elsewhere saved the liver-day for me. Heart, spleen, pancreas? Well not so much darling… However I’ve never had the extreme squeamishness about organ meats that my American friends customarily exhibit.
Recently, the brilliant book Go Wild reminded me of what we are missing out on by not including a variety of organ meats in our diet, so I’ve been helping my health along by at least popping some capsules on a regular basis. Need some convincing? Here’s some info for you to consider from Ancestral’s product page:
- GRASS FED LIVER (600MG) provides nature’s most nutrient dense superfood. Liver is the only meaningful source of natural vitamin A (rich in heme iron and B12). Supports optimal liver health and energy demands.
- GRASS FED HEART (600MG) is the richest source of naturally occurring coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). Supports optimal heart health, regulates blood pressure and is a nutritional powerhouse for mitochondria.
- GRASS FED KIDNEY (600MG) is a potent bio-available source of naturally occurring selenium and B12. Supports strong kidney health, aids in detoxification pathways and the antioxidant defense system, bolsters immunity.
- GRASS FED PANCREAS (600MG) provides nature’s all natural source of enzymes. Supports a strong functioning pancreas, supports blood sugar signaling and contributes an abundance of key enzymes for optimal digestion, health and wellness. We are not what we eat… we are what we digest.
- GRASS FED SPLEEN (600MG) is nature’s most concentrated source of heme iron. Supports a strong immune response and aids in the metabolic health of our blood cells… Well known for its ability to build blood.
Thoughts, comments, wishes, suggestions? Hit me up by email at johnrducane@gmail.com