Restoration agreement two views Nov 4, 2009
It seems like there s never a shortage of entertainment in Klamath Falls. Ross Ragland events, Linkville plays, the museums, and the skate park just to name a few. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Restoration agreement two viewsFor agreement: Were working to build stability for every family in the off-Project Oct 31, 2009
The Linkville Playhouse s upcoming production of Couple Dating, is a true Oregon homegrown play. Click here to predict the winners of 20 high school, college and NFL football games for a chance to win $10. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
'Bringing It to the Table,' by Wendell Berry Sep 10, 2009
Bringing It to the Table,' by Wendell Berry ... Bringing It to the Table,' by Wendell Berry ... When buying a used book of Wendell Berry's essays, it can be hard to find one free of furious underlining and ecstatic marginalia. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Religion and science not mutually exclusive Aug 20, 2009
As the poet Wendell Berry writes, the sacredness of life "cannot be proved. It can only be told or shown." Fortunate are those whose minds are free enough to recognize it. Rod Dreher is a Dallas Morning News editorial columnist. (Athens Banner-Herald)
How do independent bookstores survive? Aug 10, 2009
Ivan Doig, Mildred Walker and Wendell Berry are a few who fall into that worthy category. I also try to have a significant section of lesser-known writers of particular local interest, either in subject matter or just in Western Americana, said Walsh. (Helena Independent Record)
Houses and Homes: Some Thoughts on “Up” Jul 10, 2009
The thought that entered my mind immediately (and perhaps this says something about me) is Wendell Berry s: A house is not a home. Berry was making a comment about contemporary places of residence, one that would not surprise if it came from Carl s mouth earlier in the movie. (The American Conservative)
Earth Year 2009: Summer’s the time to get kids involved in the outdoors Jul 4, 2009
Author, poet and farmer Wendell Berry writes, We do not save what we do not love. Upcoming opportunities. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Artist and Community Jun 25, 2009
Art is like anything else - it must exist in the real world, our world: in Wendell Berry s construction, its real habitat is the household and the community. Joyce s Ulysses and Pound s Cantos may not be common in the life of most households. (The American Conservative)
Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene Jun 18, 2009
The fall cultural studies series will include the premiere screening of "The Botany of Desire" on Sept. 16, with author Michael Pollan and filmmaker Michael Schwartz; theological writer Karen Armstrong on Sept. 24; "Late, Late Show" host Ferguson on Sept. 25 (at the Palace of Fine Arts); author Amitav Ghosh on Oct. 7; journalists Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer on Oct. 13; Shawn, Oct. 15; Eric Schlosser, Nov. 3; Wendell Berry in conversation with Pollan, Nov. 4; George Packer, Nov. 12; and Hendrik... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Why Bill Kauffman Is Not a Conservative Jun 16, 2009
Be joyful though you have considered all the facts, advises Wendell Berry ... Our country is Wendell Berry, Townes Van Zandt, Mavis Staples, Ken Kesey, Cormac McCarthy, Levon Helm; How can one despair with these by our sides, at our backs, in our heads. (The American Conservative)
Meet the food revolutionaries May 6, 2009
When first lady Michelle Obama took shovel to dirt last month to break ground on a White House vegetable garden, she may not have realized she was moving a mountain. That's likely how it felt to a group of people who for years have been vocal champions of quality food and sustainable agriculture. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
JOE ORSO: Leaving newspapers for land Apr 19, 2009
And I ve found words like these from Wendell Berry convicting me. more and more: Geography is defined for him by his house, his office, his commuting route, and the interiors of shopping centers, restaurants, and places of amusement which is to say that his geography is artificial. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
It's OK to have weeds in your lawn, author says Apr 18, 2009
Gift, 38, attributes her attitude toward renegade plants to a grandmother, Clara Choate Gift, who taught her to love wildflowers; and to an interview more than two decades ago with Wendell Berry. Gift was a Henry Clay High School student at the time. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
COLUMN: Comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable Mar 27, 2009
On the contrary, they may need our help silencing the inner critic so they may rest a while in what the poet Wendell Berry calls Thy wide grace. The Rev. Tess Baumberger, PhD, is minister at the Unity Church of North Easton. (Easton Journal, MA)
* Bending the track for good food Mar 23, 2009
The farmland philosopher and author Wendell Berry has been making many of the same points for decades. What is new is that the sustainable-food movement has gained both commercial heft, with the rapid success of organic and natural foods in the last decade, and celebrity cachet, with a growing cast of chefs, authors and even celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Gwyneth Paltrow who champion the cause. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
TOGA fans out Mar 20, 2009
I confess to revere all things Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer-poet, who is able to succinctly weave his lucid thoughts into pure golden wisdom for his reader. I agree when he explains that his emphasis is on local economics, not on organic farming because organic has now become a label, as it was destined to be. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Alice Waters' Crusade For Better Food Mar 17, 2009
v= I went to the Slow Food Nation event last year and there was a panel discussion with many of the movement's luminaries (Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Eric Schlosser and Carlo Petrini). One after another, they hammered home the point that the important thing is to grow food sustainably and get it to as many people as possible, rich or poor. (CBS News)
Renewable Power to the People Mar 3, 2009
"Reporters asked me if I want to get arrested," says the author and poet Wendell Berry at the rally in front of the coal plant. "The answer, briefly, is no. But I am willing to get arrested." Actress Daryl Hannah has shown up to block the power plant gates, too. (Slate)
Letters to the editor (March 1) Mar 1, 2009
(Wendell Berry, Think Little from The Art of the Commonplace, an excellent analysis of the aforementioned questions. . (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
COLUMN: Coal: cheap and (partly) domestic, but deadly to planet Feb 24, 2009
The next day, renowned authors and activists Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben will be joined by thousands of people, young and old alike, in a mass act of civil disobedience at the Washington, D.C. coal plant that literally powers Congress with dirty energy (see ). In U.S. policy talks, we keep hearing energy independence but not fossil-fuel independence. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Food philosophy Feb 14, 2009
But after the farm visits, being inspired by enlightened farmers, organic proponents and a macrobiotic expert, I have come to understand why the mere act of eating is an agricultural act, as farmer, poet and author Wendell Berry once put it. Eating ends the drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth, and we, the consumers, are passive participants. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
