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Tag Archives: Port William
A year’s end…
Welcome to the liminal space between the years, as we all recover from Christmas and brace ourselves for a weekend full of fireworks. Reading activity is definitely ebbing down for me, and has been for much of December — I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged arts-entertainment, Port William, Southern Literature, Wendell Berry
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The Memory of Old Jack
The Memory of Old Jack© 1974 Wendell Berry223 pages “Now Old Jack, who was the last of that generation that Wheeler looked to with such fililial devotion, is dead. And Wheeler is fifty-two years old, as old as the century, … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, Port William, Southern Literature, Wendell Berry
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Remembering
Remembering© 1988 Wendell Berry112 pages Andy Catlett is a man far from home, wounded in spirit and in body. His right hand was eaten and destroyed by mechanized farm equipment, and in attending an agricultural … Continue reading
A Place on Earth
A Place on Earth320 pages© 1983 Wendell Berry “I ain’t saying I don’t believe there’s a Heaven. I surely hope there is. That surely would pay off a lot of mortgages. But I do say it ain’t easy to believe. … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, kith and kin, Port William, Wendell Berry, WW2
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Excerpts from "A Place on Earth"
From Wendell Berry’s A Place on Earth, the story of a great flood and a terrible war. In the preacher’s words the Heavenly City has risen up, surmounting their lives, the house, the town — the final hope, in which … Continue reading
This week at the library: NaNoWriMo, rebels against the rebellion, death on Everest, and maaaaybe Richard Sharpe
Dear readers: For the first time in the five or so years I’ve been aware of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, I am attempting to participate. For those who have not heard of this, it’s a challenge in which … Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, evolution, Port William, science, Wendell Berry
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Hannah Coulter
Hannah Coulter© 2005 Wendell Berry190 pages This is the story of my life, that while I lived it weighed upon me and pressed against me and filled all my senses to overflowing and is now like a dream dreamed. […] … Continue reading
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Tagged American South, kith and kin, Port William, reflections, sacramental living, Southern Literature, Wendell Berry
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Jayber Crow
Jayber Crow: the Life Story of Jayber Crow, Barber of the Port William Membership, As Written by Himself© 2000363 pages “Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always … Continue reading