Claudia’s Comments (group member since May 27, 2020)

Claudia’s comments from the More Trees Please group.

I got stuck about halfway through. Will try to finish it before the call, but not sure if I will make it.

Hi Viky, Mya and Paul 👋🏻

Stark wrote: "I'm reading The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions which is a fantastic book by Jaak Panksepp, who started the field of affective neuroscience. He established that the..."

That sounds super interesting, Thanks for sharing!

I'm currently reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and The Longing for Less by Kyle Chayka. Both books were recommended to me by many people. And both surprised me. I'm not a hug fan of historical fiction, so a book about the Church of England Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell didn't seem that interesting, but it won the Booker Prize and so many people were raving about it so I got it from the library via the Libby app. And I'm enjoying it immensely, Very poetic, there's suspense and drama. It's a great read.
I didn't have any expectation of The Longing for Less. I like Kyle Chayka's articles and since the book was also available via Libby, I thought I'd give it a go, And was pleasantly surprised. It let me down a rabbit hole to learn more about Agnes Martin, to listen to Brian Eno and more.

Definitely reading more slowly at the moment 😅. I like your suggestion, Tara.

Oh, I grew up in and around Frankfurt :).
New Zealand is great. We go for walks and hikes as often as we can. It's awesome to get to know the native plants and birds here.

Hi, I'm Claudia. I am currently based in Wellington, New Zealand, but I'm actually from Germany. At some point in my life, I studied literature at the university, but I make a living working in tech (open source) marketing. Currently trying to get my own small consulting company off the ground.
I love to read almost anything. My two favorite tree-related reads of the past couple of months are The Overstory and Lab Girl.
I'm very much looking forward to meeting you all <3