Reads For Winter.

Winter is time to catch up on books, magazines and web writing. Here's a list to get started:

• Copper Canyon Press produces some great books of poetry throughout the year. Check'em out.

• 'Cadillac Desert' by Marc Reisner. This will open your eyes to the history of western waters.

• 'Let My People Go Surfing' by Yvon Chouinard. I wish more companies/businesses actually gave half the thought about their environmental responsibility.

• 'To Know A River'. Selected writings of Roderick Haig Brown. Worth rereading some passages every season.

• 'Desert Solitaire' by Edward Abbey. It's time to get a bit more radical with today's issues. This is a start.

• Anything by Jim Harrison. Hard to find anyone who can convey the connection of the outside world.

• 'The Fly Fish Journal'. Quality magazine that balances both words and images equally.

• Catch magazine. Visual eye candy.

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