Tag Archives: Wendell Berry
FREE RANGE: FOOD, NATURE, PLACE, AND MORE
Double vision: prophets, tribalism, eugenics, and the environment
As I dog-paddle through the sea of books threatening to drown not just me but the overwhelmed shores of my bedside table, I found these sentences: “For those who draw near and offer themselves before God, satisfaction of hunger is … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged agribusiness, Austin, Bible, Ellen Davis, environmentalism, Orion, prophets, Texas Hill Country, Theodore Roosevelt, Wendell Berry
2 Comments
Made for you and me: thoughts on private property
Last week I went to Woody Creek, Colorado, to visit my father, sister, and brother and their posses. Among the many pleasures I find at the family place are my early morning walks up a trail that runs behind my … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Colorado, Ellen Davis, gift, land ownership, Lewis Hyde, private property, Roaring Fork River, water, Wendell Berry
2 Comments
The literary environment (with apologies to the Williams Alumni Review)
Confession: I consider myself a loyal son of alma mater, but I usually just skim the quarterly Williams Alumni Review before tossing it into the recycling pile. A story in the June issue, however, caught my eye. “The Literary Environment,” … Continue reading
Carnivorocity, take two
Meat-eating has been the topic of much discussion recently, at least in what I’ve been reading. Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals, has generated a significant buzz; if you Google “foer eating animals,” you get 961,000 results. Foer spent … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged bison, Christopher Marlowe, economics, Jonathan Safran Foer, limits, Mary Oliver, meat, vegetarianism, Wendell Berry
2 Comments