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wendell for wednesday
Wisdom from Mr. Berry, as usual: The right thing to do today, as always, is to stop, or start stopping, our habit of wasting and poisoning the good and beautiful…
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wendell for wednesday
Grant gave me This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems for Christmas, and I have finally been digging into it. Of This Day, the publisher says, For nearly thirty-five years, Wendell Berry has…
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wendell for wednesday
From an interview with Wendell: You would see our relation to the world as trustees, shepherds, stewards, and guardians. Wendell: Stewards. And enjoyers. Enjoyers because the world is a gift,…
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wendell for wednesday
A-to-the-men! “If we want to save the land, we must save the people who belong to the land. If we want to save the people, we must save the land…
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wendell for wednesday
Via @aliteralmess:
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wendell for wednesday
Wendell on the power of protest: “I don’t know if it will make a difference,” he said. “But that’s the wrong question. The right question is: Is it the right…
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wendell for wednesday
A repeat, but one of my favorites: “Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to…
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wendell for wednesday
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling…
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wendell for wednesday
Wendell in response to the question, “What have you gained from your wholesale avoidance of electronic media?” The avoidance is not “wholesale,” which it cannot be. When I want to,…
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wendell for wednesday
Wendell, on gift giving: People who love each other need to have something they can do for each other, and it will need to be something necessary, not something frivolous.…
