Second hand books I've bought

I'm currently reading:-
"The Way Home. Tales from a life without technology" - Mark Boyle who wrote "The Moneyless Man" and the inspiration for the Moneyless Chicken.
In his first book The Moneyless Man he challenged himself to live without money for a year. He actually lived like that for 3 years and eventually, bought a few acres of land in Ireland, where his roots are, built a strawbale home and opened a hostel & pub where everything was free - accommodation, food, beer. The people who came, helped out on the land in return.
Moving on, he was challenged to live for a year without technology, nothing electrical, no running water. He writes letters to his parents in pencil, instead of phoning them, walks everywhere. He's built a hut to live in, collects water from the spring, cooks on an open fire and also heats water from washing this way.
I'm not tempted to go this far but I am intrigued by this - he's using wood ash to clean saucepans and plates. Anyone tried this?

I use woodash to clean the glass on my woodburner. If you dampen woodash and make it into Lye it is good for taking any staining off your hands. You have to be careful though or else it will take the skin off as well.The best pan cleaner is scrumpled up mares tailw weed methinks.

I have just finished reading The Case for Christ as I have an open mind and thought I may be swayed into believing? I wasn't.

I am reading Jordan Petersons The 12 Rules For Life. It's quite heavy going but I am ploughing through it.

My fiction reading is The Medici Seal by Theressa Breslin. Leonardo De Vinci is the main chraracterand and I am quite enjoying it.