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wendell for wednesday
“Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: “Love. They must do it for…
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wendell for wednesday
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wendell for wednesday
It’s National Poetry Month, so this month’s Wendell for Wednesday posts will all be poems (or that’s the plan anyway). I love this recent find, a response presumably to his…
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wendell for wednesday
Some poetry for National Poetry Month… The Want of Peace All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power, but the contentments…
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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
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…
