The Long-Legged House – Essays by Wendell Berry

First published in 1969 and out of print for more than twenty-five years, The Long-Legged House was award-winner Wendell Berry’s first collection of essays, the inaugural work introducing many of the central issues that have occupied him over the course of his career. Three essays at the heart of this volume—“The Rise,” “The Long-Legged House,” …

The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry

The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry gathers one hundred poems written between 1957 and 1996. Chosen by the author, these pieces have been selected from each of nine previously published collections. The rich work in this volume reflects the development of Berry’s poetic sensibility over four decades. Focusing on themes that have occupied his work …

Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food

            Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry and Michael Pollan Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry’s caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before Whole Foods organic produce …

What Are People For? Essays by Wendell Berry

In the twenty-two essays collected here, Wendell Berry, whom "The Christian Science Monitor "called ""the "prophetic American voice of our day," conveys a deep concern for the American economic system and the gluttonous American consumer. Berry talks to the reader as one would talk to a next-door neighbor: never preachy, he comes across as someone …

i chopped my hair short

about two weeks ago, i chopped off my plait. my action came after i could bear it no longer. i was being bitten by bird mites. about 2 weeks prior, the incessant rain had convinced bird mites to move into my beautiful shed. and they had been biting me for sixteen days. i did not …

Reversing Grey Hair

my hair began falling out the day  after a chemical accident. about a year ago. and my hair has been losing colour, “turning grey”. i have done some reading and this is what i found .... below are extracts from several articles. Onion Juice For Hair: Benefits & How To Make to read the full …

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The Man Who Planted Trees

The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)   Canada, 30 min Directed by: Frédéric Back Written by: Jean Giono (story), Jean Roberts (translator) Starring: Philippe Noiret (voice) (French-language version) ; Christopher Plummer (voice) (English-language version)   Frédéric Back’s animated classic is quite simply beautiful in every conceivable way. Over the course of thirty minutes it manages to …

Better than Evernote?

I am Looking for a text or notetaking app Being a bit of a nerd, I am always looking for open-source alternatives to proprietary software, browsers, programs or apps when I need them. Today, to assist me with writing, I am looking for a free and open source alternative to Evernote. Evernote is the standard …

depression, grief, meaning of death, culture

  I asked Andrew Durham if he would read and comment on the following extract of an interview by Ian Mackenzie with Stephen Jenkinson. source: Ian Mackenzie I felt that I would be returning again and again to read this, to mull over, as Ian suggests. As I read, I am almost whooping with delight.  …