God’s been good, giving me a beautiful place to live. I’m constantly learning about the stewardship it takes to care for this particular environment, which helps me appreciate how other places are cared for as well. Pastoral Song: a Farmer’s Journey (2021, Mariner Books) is well worth appreciating. From its unsentimental early tone, the bookContinue reading “Open Book: “Pastoral Song””
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Choice reading for the new year
I learn something from other readers’ year-end lists of favorite books. I’m bound to find something interesting – an author with whom I’m unfamiliar, a title that’s new to me, and sometimes rediscovery of a classic. My own list looks different from what I might have expected when the year began. Let me offer itContinue reading “Choice reading for the new year”
Open Book: on completing a commonplace notebook
A few evenings ago, I picked up a well-worn notebook from my desk and began to copy a short passage from the work of fiction I was reading. I wrote to the bottom of the page in the notebook, turned the page, and found I’d reached the end of the volume. It had taken 20Continue reading “Open Book: on completing a commonplace notebook”
Ellen Kolb 