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wendell for wednesday
How To Be A Poet (To Remind Myself) Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill-more of each than you…
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wendell for wednesday
You mustn’t wish for another life. You mustn’t want to be somebody else. What you must do is this: “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.” I am…
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wendell for wednesday
the environmental crisis rises closer to home. Every time we draw a breath, every time we drink a glass of water, every time we eat a bite of food we…
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wendell for wednesday
Wendell on war in one of my favorite novels (of his or otherwise), Hannah Coulter: As many who have known it have said of it, war is Hell. It is the…
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wendell for wednesday
Preach, Wendell, preach! “People of religious faith know that the world is maintained every day by the same force that created it. It’s an article of my faith and belief…
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wendell for wednesday
Wendell Berry talks often and emphatically about place. In his essay “Conservation and Local Economy,” Berry explains what he means when he uses the word “place:” I. Land that is…
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wendell for wednesday
It’s impossible to contemplate the life of soil very long without seeing its analogy to the life of the spirit. Wendell Berry, from the classic, The Unsettling of America: Culture…
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wendell for wednesday
Yesterday was Wendell’s eightieth birthday. Grant and I are going to celebrate tonight by making a little dinner from the garden, drinking some Kentucky bourbon, and listening to a few…
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wendell for wednesday
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wendell for wednesday
“A person dependent on somebody else for everything from potatoes to opinions may declare that he is a free man, and his government may issue a certificate granting him his…
