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The Battle to Read Deeply
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. Ray Bradbury said that in 1994, several years before the proliferation ... Read More
By Andrew Peterson •
Allen Levi, Ben May, and I stood on Wendell Berry's front porch as nervous as schoolboys. Allen had prayed aloud as we pulled up to the little Kentucky farmhouse that God would keep the visit from descending into some goofy hero worship, and that we'd remember who we are, that somehow our visit would amount to a blessing to the Berrys even as it would be to us. Basically it was, "Dear God, don't let us be dummies."
There was a lot going into the trip. Early this year Ben May wrote Wendell a letter explaining that he and a few of his singer/songwriter friends had been greatly moved by his writings and would be honored to spend a little time with him. Wendell agreed to it, on the condition that we not drive all the way to Kentucky just to see him, saying he didn't think he was equal to such a responsibility. So we let him know we'd be in Kentucky for concerts in August, and the date was set.
Allen and Ben read and re-read Berry's books before the trip. I keep a number of Wendell's books of poetry at arm's reach and read from them often, but have been too busy this year to dream of re-reading any novels or essays. But just to be responsible I brought Jayber Crow with me on the trip. In my hotel room the night before, I flipped through it and read passages at random, reliving the heartbreaking beauty of the story, and ended up re-reading much of the last chapter–clear to the bittersweet ending that left me sobbing on the floor of my office five years ago. ("Sobbing" isn't an exaggeration. The book wrecked me.)
Allen and I met for coffee at Heine Bros. Sunday morning before the visit and talked about songwriting and stories for a few hours before we picked Ben May up from the airport. Between that conversation and the previous night's in-the-round concert with Allen, one of my hopes for the trip was realized. See, meeting Wendell was only part of the point of the trip. From the first time I met Allen I hoped to be grafted into his story in one way or another, so our "goofy rabbit trail" (as Ben referred to it to Wendell later) was an excuse to spend some time in the car with a few kindred spirits. And the nice thing about that was, by the time we picked up Ben, the trip was already a success. My soul already felt healthier just being around those guys. It took the pressure off. Wendell could have been a crotchety old geezer who shooed us from his porch and we still would have driven home happy.
But Wendell and his wife Tanya were anything but crotchety geezers. We approached the porch in silence, each of us thinking of our own favorite stories about the Port William Membership, each of us took a deep breath, and Ben knocked. After a few moments a beautiful, sharp-eyed, white-haired woman answered the door and welcomed us in: Tanya Berry, who, as anyone who gives a hoot about Berry's writing knows, transcribes Wendell's hand-written manuscripts with her trusty typewriter—the same Tanya who lived with him many years ago on the banks of the river in the long-legged house. She smiled and offered us seats in the front room. About that time came footsteps from staircase, and Mr. Berry descended, greeted us with a giant smile, and looked each of us in the eye.
I had read that Wendell Berry can intimidate. I assumed that meant he was standoffish or stiff. Quite the opposite was true. The source of any reputation for being intimidating was, in fact, his kindness. He looked me in the eye when he asked my name, and he seemed to actually care about the answer. It wasn't a formality, and as far as I could tell he wasn't just being nice. I was a guest in his home and he wanted to know my name, it seemed, in a deeper way than I was used to. I don't know that I managed to meet that formidable gaze or that enormous grin.
We sat and talked for two hours. When Allen, God bless him, exercised his gift of southern palavering and told Wendell all about his timberland in Georgia, Wendell sat up and started talking. It was a subject that interested him, which was no surprise. In minutes I had learned more than I ever wanted to know about Native American forestry in Wisconsin, which meant I was free to let my eyes roam around the room while Wendell talked. There was, as you might imagine, no television. In the center of the room was a woodburning stove, and on every wall were books, books, books. Virgil. William Blake. Books on Kentucky birds. Shakespeare.
At some point Allen asked Wendell if he wrote every day. He more or less deflected the question, then turned his bright eyes on me. "What about you, Andrew? You're a writer. Do you write every day?" Again, that intimidating interest. I gulped. I was a possum in headlights. I told him I tried, but it was hard. I have these three kids, and we homeschool, and the demands of a music career make it difficult. I mumbled something about how music uses a different part of my brain than book writing, so it's hard to move back and forth between the two.
To my great horror, Wendell disagreed. He said kindly, "Now I don't buy into all that scientific talk about 'parts of the brain'. I think you have one mind."
I gulped. "Well, sir, what I mean is that it exercises a different kind of creativity. Surely you, uh, feel differently when you're writing a poem than when you're writing an essay or a novel, don't you?"
"But you can't think about that while you're doing it," he said. "If you think about what you're doing, then you've stopped doing it. If you stop writing your song and think 'I'm writing a song,' then you're no longer writing a song. The bird," he said, "has flown."
I gathered my wits. "I guess what I'm saying is just that writing an album is a creatively demanding process and–"
"But are you writing songs or are you writing albums?" asked Tanya from her rocking chair. Her brow was furrowed and she was weighing my every word.
"Uh, well, both, ma'am. It's not like this for everybody, but a lot of times I'm thinking of the album as a whole while I'm writing the song. I want the album—and I think of it like a photo album—to tell a story, sorta. I gather the songs together and sort out the good ones from the bad ones and the good ones make it to the record–"
"So," Wendell said, "you write bad ones. How do you judge the good from the bad?"
By now my adrenaline was pumping into my system full-bore. I, the youngest person in the room by nearly fifteen years, was being grilled, more or less. "Well, sir, if I hold two songs up next to each other, usually one will say better than the other what I mean to say. If the song doesn't say it well, it gets shelved." I hoped this would satisfy them so he and Allan could get back to their discussion about Chief Milwaukee's timber wisdom. But no.
"Then it's about what the song is saying, then," Tanya said, still watching me with an eyebrow raised. "Not the music?"
"Well, it's both. The lyric and the music are married," I said.
"Do you write out the music?"
"No, ma'am."
And then, thank goodness, Allan or Ben chimed in and those spotlight eyes and the intense interest passed on to someone else. I was so relieved I almost crumpled into Wendell Berry's couch and fainted dead away. For another hour or so the talk meandered, and at one point Wendell turned to Ben with a grin and said, "Well, Mister May, you haven't hardly said a word. Are these two all that entertaining?" Ben had his minute in the sun, as it were, and offered up to Wendell his gratitude for his hospitality and his work.
A few minutes later I had my chance, too. I took a deep breath, steeled my nerves, and told him how I grew up loathing all things agricultural, and how my parents always impressed on us the beauty of the land and the old ways but I kicked against those goads. I told him how I found myself living in a cookie-cutter subdivision in Nashville as I read the final pages of Jayber Crow, and how I picked myself off the floor, wiped my eyes, and immediately started looking online for land in Kentucky. I wanted to live a richer life, one where I and my wife and children could hear what the land had to say. I told him how his works teach me to care about things that matter, and how his stories have encouraged some of us in Nashville to approach our music more like farmers tilling ancient soil than miners digging for gold.
He nodded. Then he deflected the compliment again. He said, "Well, the only thing I don't like about that is that you all think it's me and my ideas. It's not. I learned all this from many teachers. If you subtracted from my work all that I learned from my teachers there would only be the tiniest bit left. And I don't want to take credit for their work. I will take credit for the discipline of sitting down and writing it out. But that's all."
"You don't have to take credit, sir. I just wanted to thank you."
I was a guest in his home, so I didn't want to be contrary. I appreciated his humility. But if I were a bolder man or a friend of his I would've said this: "But Mister Berry, I'm not reading your teachers' books. I'm reading yours. And besides that, I don't know another author who can say these things like you can. I don't know anyone else who walks their woodlands on Sabbath mornings and writes verses like, 'And now the remnant groves grow bright with praise / They light around me like an old man's days.' No other author has used his sage imagination to construct a fictional town like Port William and populated it with characters like Hannah Coulter, Andy Catlett, and dear old lonesome Jayber Crow. No other author has so ascribed dignity to the men and women who have chosen to stick around their homes and communities while so many of us abandoned our roots as if they were there to kill us and not to keep us alive. My life is richer because of you. Like it or not, Mister Berry, we have you to thank."
Wendell and Tanya graciously gave us their Sunday afternoon. And the more I thought about it the more I realized what an honor they paid me and the other guys simply by listening. They didn't nod and indulge us for a few minutes until we awkwardly excused ourselves (a scenario for which we were fully prepared). No, they turned their bright eyes on us and paid attention. If they didn't understand what I meant, they said so. If they disagreed, they said so, kindly. If Allen or Ben said something that lit Wendell up, he in turn illuminated us. More than once, he told a funny story that ended in a burst of laughter that warmed my heart. When he grinned his whole body grinned with him. For two hours we engaged in something called "conversation", in which ideas and opinions are exchanged, challenged, and sometimes—if you're lucky—agreed with. In that mighty company I was forced to think about what I had to say, because they were listening.
And doesn't that sound just like the Wendell Berry you'd imagine? To write those kinds of essays, stories, and poems, you have to have a strong mind—one mind, he would argue—and wide-open eyes, and ears to hear. You have to pay attention.
I could not be more thankful for the two hours I spent in that storied room with Allen and Ben and the Berrys. I asked Tanya if she had a CD player, and she did, so I left her with a copy of my new album. I hope she listens to "The Magic Hour", and hears the nod to Wendell's poem "The Peace of Wild Things", and knows that some of us, feebly though we do it, are trying to pay attention too.
As a singer-songwriter and recording artist, Andrew has released more than ten records over the past fifteen years. His music has earned him a reputation for writing songs that connect with his listeners in ways equally powerful, poetic, and intimate. He has also followed his gifts into the realm of publishing. His books include the four volumes of the award-winning Wingfeather Saga.
So moved by the attention YOU paid to the visit. Thank you for every "little" detail. How I would have enjoyed being a fly on the wall with you lovely and thoughtful writers who have been great companions to ME!
Andrew, I'm jealous. I'd be just as much or more of a stammering idiot 🙂 if Wendell pressed me that hard, too.
Andrew, I just sent this on to my homeschool email loop. If you aren't reading Charlotte Mason in reference to your kids' education, you should pick her up. I think you'd find her right in line with your thinking about life.
Thanks…this was a real treat for a relatively new Berry fan like me.
Oh, Andrew…thank you for this. I squirmed in my chair as I read Mr. Berry's questions to you…and I WOULD have fainted dead away, while you only considered it. I laughed until I cried instead at your "inner conversation." What a gift that afternoon must have been, and I detect a smile on his face, too, in the "front porch" picture that does not look the least bit forced. I confess my deep jealousy that you could be there with at least the chance to say what I, too, have often thought about Berry's work and words. They're rich, and moving, and utterly real. Wow. I hope Allen took a few notes himself with that ever-ready pen…but I fear he may not have recorded the forest for (talking about) the trees! So I appreciate your re-telling of those few "magic hours." You know, he's right–we're all the composites of our teachers, but each time one of us takes the time and makes the effort of expressing what we've learned in another small way, the picture we're all painting gets richer, fuller, more complete. Your work does that too, you know. Thanks again for sharing your songs, and for sharing this.
Oh, man. Oh, MAN! That's nice of Mr. Berry to acknowledge his teachers; but what a teacher he has been to those who read him.
I was wondering if he was going to scold you for looking for Kentucky land online. I thought you were going to say he gently pointed out that the way to look for land was by looking at land, not by looking at the computer.
I think I'm going to go map out my gratitude speech and a few witticisms in case I ever get a chance to spend the afternoon with the Berrys.
Thanks for relating the tale. What a moving event.
I had about the same feeling at the moot sharing a table with you and then talking with Ron Block after a session. You just keep thinking to yourself "ooh, a question, okay what's the right answer here"; when it was questions from true heartfelt listening.
"The wise man will follow a star, low and large and fierce in the heavens, but the nearer he comes to it the smaller and smaller it will grow, till he finds it the humble lantern over some little inn or stable. Not till we know the high things shall we know how lovely they are." -GK Chesterton ('William Blake')
I squirmed at those questions too. It's funny how we seem to know why we do what we do…until someone asks us and our answer is insufficient for them.
Thanks for sharing so much detail AP.
Awesome. I am jealous. I have written Wendell Berry and he always answers. Recently was a recommendation for which book my high school literature tutorial should read for Am. History . He answered Andy Catlett.
I , too, have learned so much , akin to Jan Karon, but deeper into place and land and marriage of all that and family. I love that he is accessible. He looks good !
Great song too! He;s of the heritage of The Southern Agarians from Vanderbilt. Look them up! We've lost so much and his voice is strong to speak into our lives and culture. That's why he will be a major writer in my class this year.
Thanks for this wonderful description Andrew. The Rabbit Room has inspired me to want to read both Berry and Buechner, which I will hopefully do someday.
Setting aside the fact that I'm insanely jealous…. I'm sitting here thinking, as I read your description of the Berrys, "I want to be like that." Not necessarily be a legendary writer, but be a person who honors and embraces other people with that kind of intense interest and kindness. Your description of Wendell Berry immediately reminded me of a professor I had in college (he taught poetry, in fact – Wordsworth, Coleridge, Yeats, etc. – surely not a coincidence) whose eyes so fully wrapped you in their concentration and compassion that you felt for those few moments of conversation that you were the one person in the world who mattered to him. That's a gift, as eloquent and affecting as the gift of beautiful writing.
Um, can I just say, "Holy crap!" What a blessing of a day. And what a beautiful song, Andrew.
Andrew, do you feel that he was trying to make a point while deflecting the question about writing every day, or was it simple interest in your own creative process? I agree with his statement "Now I don't buy into all that scientific talk about 'parts of the brain'. I think you have one mind." I put just as much concentration and effort into my poetry as into my novels and they seem to come from the same source. I'm just striving to understand his point. It seems that he was trying to make one, but maybe it didn't come across because you were "starstruck." Some writers say it is of utmost importance to write everyday and I'm curious what a creative mind of his caliber would think about that.
I've never read Mr. Berry, but now I'm v. interested. Any recommendations on which volumes to pick up first? Say, one recommendation for fiction and one for poetry? (I've already got my nonfiction picked out…)
I read Jayber Crow first, and many regard it as his finest book of fiction. Then read Hannah Coulter, then Fidelity, then–well, you're on your own after that. As for a great book of poems, I love A Timbered Choir, which is a collection of several years of his Sabbath poems–poems he wrote about or during his Sunday morning walks. There's some stunning stuff there.
1) I don't think he was trying to make a point. He just felt uncomfortable every time we treated him like he was Someone Important. One of my favorite things he said was something like,
"I don't like when folks treat me like I'm anything special just because I write books. Someone said to the little girl down the road, 'Do you know the man who lives next door is a famous author?' And she said indignantly, 'He is NOT. He's my neighbor.' I think it's the finest compliment I ever got."
In other words, he'd rather be a good neighbor than a good writer.
He said he tries to write every day, but he doesn't set out to write much poetry anymore. Then he turned the spotlight on me.
2) I'm not saying the different kinds of writing come from a different place. But writing exercises a very different muscle, so to speak, than songwriting. You have to approach them with a very different kind of mindset. As I've said before, songwriting is about patience, while book writing is about endurance. So I hold to my point that there's a different kind of weariness at the end of a day of songwriting than at the end of a day of novel writing, just as there's a difference between painting your house and jogging three miles.
3) My snippet of the conversation wasn't meant to be exhaustive. As I said, we talked for two hours, and this is just one of many exchanges. And no, I don't think he necessarily had a point–we were just talking; we were exchanging ideas, and following the conversation wherever it led. Having a point is a sure way to diminish the beauty of a good palaver. And I don't mean to put words into his mouth, but I'm sure he'd recommend that writers write every day. I don't see how he could have published thirty some-odd books if he didn't. I have a hunch he approaches his writing like he approaches his farming. Even on Sundays you have to feed the chickens and milk the cow.
As usual, I'm green with envy!
This sure trumps that time I met that keyboard-player from Great White. Not that our lives are meant to be compared (and our experiences can't compete with each other).
But anyways, glad to hear that Wendell Berry was kind and gracious.
As far as writing daily goes, call me blasphemous, but I think that we write when we write. We all write for different reasons, with different intentions, and with wildly various results. Maybe Berry deflected that question because he doesn't think there has to be one right answer?
I've been hearing of Berry for a long, long time, but only recently did something of his come to hand; it was Andy Catlett: Early Travels. A short book, without a plot, as it were… but oh my. I can't describe what it was like to read the passage about Andy falling asleep in his grandparents' house, and the wind, and the silence, and the darkness….
Thank you for the post. As with everything here, it was a delight to read.
Just learned about Mr. Berry a couple of weeks ago as he read his poems on "Speaking of Faith" on NPR. It was so good. I'll have to get a book here soon (so much to read!).
Oh, and Hiene Bros. on Old Bardstown road is my favorite coffee shop in the world.
Wow — Andrew Peterson and Wendell Berry together! Two people who have inspired me greatly towards beauty, truth, and the Kingdom. With regard to frequency of writing, when Wendell Berry spoke at a nearby library in March, he seemed to recommend writing six days a week for an hour a day, with some days naturally being more productive than others.
Andrew, thanks for introducing me to Wendell Berry's writing about five years back. You had posted on your website about reading Jayber Crow. I read it and ended up buying a copy for each of the groomsmen in my wedding that spring.
I have so much to learn. Thank you for this post.
I felt the same way when I met Dave Barry, Not really.
I guess I'll add my sincere "me too." I too looked for land after reading Jaber Crow, and have loved to find in WB a great lacking in my own life, so unrooted in an impoverished modernity.
Some of what Ken Myers teaches, Wendell Berry sings. And more and less. But it's sure worth hearing.
Good on you, AP. Really.
That's fantastic. Congratulations on getting to meet a personal hero (to many of us as well), but also to be a bit challenged in what we believe we know to be true about our craft.
Did Wendell Berry have a British accent? He does in my head.
Oh my goodness, I'm so glad you got to visit the Berrys. What beautiful stuff. Berry taught me to understand my own Dad. I spent way too long without much appreciation for him, his generation, his 'poetry' which is walking the land.
Andrew, the one thing in this post that stood out to me was when you said "In that mighty company I was forced to think about what I had to say, because they were listening." What a thought – they were listening. This instantly brought to mind the Sarah Groves lyrics "Sit down a while and share your narrative with me. I'm not afraid of who you are." This is personally convicting. I am left to ponder whether I really intentionally take the time to listen to my husband, sons, or friends like this. I can only reflect on how different my corner of the world would be if I adventured into the lives of those around me in this intimate way. How would this change my relationships? I am overwhelmed with the realization that there are possible conversations I may be missing out on with my husband and sons because there are corners of their hearts that may be closed to me because I have shut them. Wow! I am taken back at what that must have been like for you. So rare. I am going to have to think some more about this one. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sitting here grinning from ear to ear. Great account of that visit. Thanks for sharing.
tack så mycket!
(swedish for thank you 🙂
great post…
And so… did you ask him to give the keynote at Hutchmoot 2011? You know he's the perfect choice, right?
Mesmerizing account of your conversation. I have so much admiration for Wendell Berry, mostly for just speaking his truth. But, as you so aptly describe, he also listens. I have read many of his books, but not his novels. You have convinced me to start with Jayber Crow.
The song is wonderful and this is a great post.
While I think a couple of hours with just Mr. Berry would be wonderful, I would love to talk one-on-one with Mrs. Berry. She also seems to be an "intimidating" person with great insight. You have been blessed to be in both of their company.
I trembled as I read this, Andrew. A month ago I drove up to Port Royal and Newcastle on my way up to Pennsylvania. I visited the Smith-Berry Winery (run by Wendell's daughter, Mary, and her husband) and simply drove around the area for a few hours to get a feel for the place. I didn't expect to see Wendell, but I had a letter for him that I was told would be delivered.
I didn't feel the need to gush in my letter because my love for Wendell's writing isn't a gushy kind of love. It's a deep thankfulness for him teaching me how to live consciously and showing me what love entails in all its many senses. Jayber Crow was my first introduction to his writing as well and it tore me apart. So wise. I've recommended it to so many people.
Again: thanks for this. I remain moved by your account of this beautiful visit.
Andrew – beautiful post, as usual…
I'm struck by your prayer before you met Mr. Berry – "Lord, don't let us be dummies…", to remember who you are – and that he, no matter how amazing, is a person too. We're all children of God – made in His image, and there's something beautiful about that. No matter how accomplished, how truly powerful someone's "persona" is – they are ultimately no different than any of the rest of us. Our prayer should always be to better reflect God's image that is in us.
All that being said – I'm pretty sure I'll pray the same thing before I meet you in October. 🙂 You're playing at my church in New York. "Lord, don't let me be a dork when I meet Andrew Peterson…." 🙂
Good grief, I'm so crosseyed with jealousy I'm not sure I can post coherently, but… thank you so much for sharing this time! I counted this post a gift. I discovered Wendell Berry when I was overseas, this slim little book called "Life is Miracle" that demanded a level of concentration from me as a reader that I'd rarely experienced. Found his fiction soon after, and it's been one of the keeper's of my faith ever since.
I love the way you describe his intensity – I always warn friends when reading his books that you cannot approach them lightly. You can't read with half your mind, you have to be all there, and enter the slow, rich growth of his stories. Sounds like the man is the same way and this is lovely to me. It's one of his gifts, I think, to slow us all down.
Anyway. I could gush, but thank you for sharing so poignantly and I'm so glad for your time. (And I bet Tanya loved "The Magic Hour.")
Such grace to entertain and engage those you've never met, but think of you personally because of the impact of your work in their lives. I hope they listen to your CD, andrew. Especially, the magic hour. It's my favorite right now, and really does describe the beauty of your writing process. The listening and having patience to put it into words. You on the piano, sara g. and the horns in the background, it is a union of sorts. I know it's not about always being understood, even by those who inspire us to try and craft our own story in light of God's larger story. But, what a blessing for any teacher to hear the student having the courage to make his own song heard.
I just want to say, I would feel the same way if I were in the room with Andrew Peterson! Isn't it wonderful how good He is to put people in front of us for us to glean from, to inherit wisdom, to learn goodness.
Thanks 🙂
Mr. Berry is now on my reading list. It is my prayer that those who are moved by your thoughts and insights will see embers of creativity flickering within them being fanned—-into flames of their own. Thank you Andrew for fanning so beautifully.
I appreciate you writing this, Andrew. For the last two summers I've traveled to Kentucky to visit a friend of mine and each time I have made an effort to arrange a trip out to the Berry farm. It hasn't worked out, but his letters have always been exceptionally kind, and when (the first summer) I wrote at the last moment because of a change of plans, he took the trouble to call me so I would know that it wasn't going to work out.
A Nashvillian friend of mine sent me a link to this story because I went as a teacher with a high school group to a camp in the mountains last week and saw you perform. I was at a low point and your performance gave me a lot of hope. It was an important experience for me, so I wrote about it on my blog here: http://barkingreed.blogspot.com/2010/08/andrew-peterson-dancing-in-minefields.html
As all mentioned, thanks for sharing the story of your conversation with all present that Sunday afternoon. What struck me most, however, was the point that even if Wendell was a "crotchety old geezer who shooed us from his porch" – "we still would have driven home happy." Those are friendships to treasure…
And isn't it about the disicpline? (The writing) I think of blogging (which would be fun and challenging and yet I don't have one) but then I look at my 3 kids and know we'll be beginning school at "Elrond's House" here in our home soon and realize, when? My creativity floods to them, joyfully. However, I could every day listen better to those that teach me: Berry, Lewis, Dillard, Robert Penn Warren, Mary Oliver, Schaffer– and respond a little every day and begin the discipline of writing those lessons down.
Your description of Berry's writing was perfect. Anyone who reads him with a full mind is a better person for it.
His non-fiction isn't getting near enough play here, though. His seminal work, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, along with myriad essays on our society form an illuminating backdrop for his novels. His stories are parables; his essays are prophecies.
When Walt mentioned at the Hutchmoot that you were going to see Wendell Berry, I hoped a RR post would follow. Thanks for giving us a taste of this meeting. It's good to hear something about the man behind the stories.
Is that vinyl siding???
This is some heady stuff here. I'm struggling to beat back the various other parts of my life in order to finish my third book. Intimidating, yes, but inspirational too. I'll keep plugging away, I guess. Thanks.
I've been a quiet reader – thanks to my friend Kelly for many links from her blog to yours. Thank you so much for sharing this thing you could have kept as yours with all of us. AND I'm glad to know that I am not the only one who has wept (not just cried). It was Hannah Coulter that broke me. The son who tried to live in two places at once and wound up not being fully in either. Not being able to go back to the farm and yet not being able to leave it either. That's me. I think it will be a while before I can read that one again, but thankfully there are many other stories to read. One that brings me joy and laughter are the Ptolemy stories.
Thanks for your words and your music,
Such hospitality and grace and heartfelt personal interest in the strangers who solicited an audience with him. What a gift. As Amber said, thank you for sharing what you could have kept as yours. I agree with JenniferT, this renews in me a desire to be "a person who honors and embraces other people with that kind of intense interest and kindness…That's a gift, as eloquent and affecting as the gift of beautiful writing."
A similar response was evoked by a post by Sarah Clarkson a few months ago. Near the end she says, "I have decided that I want the narrative I tell about other people to be a hospitable sort, one that tells people into my life as Gwen told me into hers. I want there to be a fireside feel to my conversation, a sort of pull-up-a-chair invitation in my words. I want to say to each person that happens into my days, "come on in, I'm going to tell you into my story." And by God's grace, it'll be a good one."
I am new to Wendell Berry. Does anyone have a recommendation on which book should I read first?
Susan D.,
His poem, The Mad Farmer Liberation Front would be a good primer.
I just finished the novel, Andy Catlett: Early Travels. This book talks mainly about the Old Way. Like all of his work, it is highly critical of modernity, but this book didn't grab hold of me like the others have. It may be a safe induction for fiction. Hannah Coulter and Jayber Crow are liable to mess you up.
For non-fiction, any collection of essays is fine. A few essays that have followed me around are The Joy of Sales Resistance, Why I am NOT going to buy a computer, Racism and the Economy, and Christianity and the Survival of Creation.
Be ready to be challenged and enjoy!
Three times in two days God has used his servants to tell me to pay attention. Guess what I'm going to do? Please don't let me be a dummy.
Thanks for this and for Counting Stars. Beautiful.
Oh, reading this made me laugh with delight and anticipation as I gained an introduction to an author I am very keen to read. I was reading Cornelia Funke's book Inkdeath when I came across a poem, "The Peace of the Wild Things" by Wendell Berry, as one of the introductory epigrams of a chapter. I simply LOVED it. So much so that I immediately wrote it down to read later. Then, the first time I listened to your new CD, Andrew, and heard "The Magic Hour," what do I recognize but the line that had spoken to me so deeply some months ago! I am now quite anxious to meet Mr. Berry in his books. Thank-you for your post!!
Thank you for this. It brought tears to my eyes (joy, of course)
God Bless
I'm ashamed to admit that I'm burning with downright envy after reading this post. After being told that Wendell Berry generally responds personally to those who write him – and sometimes includes an invitation to his farm, I drafted a letter that still resides in the pages of a journal. How can I send something that I wrote to Wendell Berry?!?
Like you, Andrew, my life was changed drastically by Mr. Berry's writings. I came to Nashville to study music six years ago determined to be famous and to travel the world and to chase whatever the next big thing was. Then Wendell Berry hit me like a ton of bricks – well, soft bricks full of wonder and beauty and joy. Not bricks at all really.
I read his Sabbaths and started to hear the "Thrush song, stream song, holy love" instead of my own metallic cacophony. I read Hannah Coulter and Jayber Crow the year before my marriage and learned so much more than I thought I could about Love and Family. I read his essays and they changed the course of my life.
All that to say, if it wasn't for Wendell Berry, I'd be a different kind of guy – and probably not one that I's want to spend much time with.
But as an encouragement, I've gotten similar inspiration from you too, Andrew. The way you love and craft words has instilled in me a deeper love for words – and shown me that I can use them in much the same ways that I use my acrylics when painting. And the themes of your songs have guided me through quite a few seasons of my life, dark and light.
So, I guess my jealousy can make room for some appreciation. Thanks for your inspiration!
Tim Joyner,
"I drafted a letter that still resides in the pages of a journal. How can I send something that I wrote to Wendell Berry?!? "
I know exactly how you feel. I wrote to him years ago – a word-processed, computer-printed letter, and he replied with a pencil…
Truly a great man.
Thank you so much for this wonderful written portrait! What a gift to find that someone so admired is truly the way you've perceived him to be. What an amazing experience you all shared together and with us here.
I'm on the way now to thank my friend, Jerry, who knowing of my profound appreciation for Mr. Berry's work forwarded this link to me!
But as rich and pregnant with intentional meaning as Mr. Berry's words are, the parts do not equal the whole. His altruistic themes are a far richer treasure than the individual jewels. One can rejoice with him that the King is coming. And is, in fact, nigh to bring redemptive fingerprints. His prose are animated with the wisdom of the ages.
Oh, how I envy you for this!! 🙂 I fell in love with Wendell Berry's writing after listening to a gorgeous audio version of Hannah Coulter! There are lines penned by him that have inspired some of my paintings…
I also appreciate your music very much: it's often given me food for thought, encouragement, the comforting feeling that someone gets exactly what I've been experiencing… Thank you for all that and for sharing this visit with us!
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text: Share: Comments Print March 5, 2010 at 1:03 AM Oregon post-game analysis: Pondexter powers UW to win Posted by Jon Fisch Photo credit: AP Photo – Greg Wahl-Stephens Various media outlets this week, including this blog, made note of Quincy Pondexter's tendency to disappear on the road. Before tonight's 86-72 victory at Oregon, he'd been held to nine points or fewer in four of the previous seven games. Pondexter went a long way to changing his reputation as someone who shrinks in road games, scoring a career-high 34 points. He overpowered the Ducks on aggressive dribble drives and outran them in transition for six dunks that rocked the 83-year-old McArthur Court. Afterward Pondexter said he wasn't trying to send any message, but he did acknowledge the negative criticism may have motivated him. "I was a little bit more aggressive," he said. "I felt I was in a little semi-funk and I just wanted to come out and prove to everybody that I'm a quality player on the road even though some people don't think so. I just wanted to come out and play my game." When asked if he uses the criticism as motivation Pondexter said: "I just laugh it off because I know the truth. Whatever statistics or whatever people say it's not because it's necessarily what I'm doing on the road. Maybe it's not my night. It happens that it's on the road some of those times. I just had to find a way to bounce back and play my game." It can be argued Pondexter has never played better than he did tonight when he converted 14 of 18 shots from the field, 4 of 4 from the free throw line, 2 of 3 on three-pointers and finished with 10 points and six assists. The only blemish: three turnovers. Otherwise, he was perfect. Even though Pondexter said he didn't want to send any messages, I got to believe he earned a Player of the Year vote tonight from Oregon coach Ernie Kent. "Pondexter is a wonderful player," Kent said. "He had an exceptional game. … Clearly he's one of the better players if not the best in the conference." Oregon senior guard Tajuan Porter did his coach one better and said: "The Pac-10 player of the year – he's got my vote." We mentioned Pondexter's road struggles, particularly a seven-point outing last week at Washington State. To be fair, he's had a few notable road games, including a 31-point display at Texas Tech, which was his previous high. As good as he was that chilly night in Lubbock, Texas last December, Pondexter was even better tonight. MORE OBSERVATIONS: — For five minutes early in the second half, junior forward Justin Holiday (below) looked like the best player in the Pac-10. Seriously. He was that good. Displaying range and diversity, Holiday, who is normally a small forward, locked up Oregon point guard Malcolm Armstead. Holiday said he was ticked off by Armstead who verbally taunted the Husky bench just before halftime. I couldn't hear what was said, but it looked as if Armstead said something in the direction of the UW assistant Paul Fortier who shot back. It also looked as if coach Lorenzo Romar might have had a few words for Armstead. "I didn't hear it, but the bench did and all I knew is that he said something," Holiday said. "When you start talking trash like that, I was like, you know what I just have to guard him and play my game and not worry about nothing and get a win." Armstead burned the Huskies for 21 points in Seattle. Tonight he missed nine of 13 shots and finished with nine points. Said Romar: "Another reason we wanted Justin on him is Armstead is a phenomenal passer as well. When you have someone with length on him, maybe he's not just going to be able to have his way with like he did the first time we played him." If Holiday had only contributed with defense, he would have had solid game. He also had a strong offensive performance and if not for Pondexter, Holiday would have been UW's star. In that five-minute scintillating stretch, Holiday drained a pair of three-pointers. The first one gave UW a 46-44 lead and the second put UW ahead 52-44. Holiday also attempted another off-balance trey early in the shot clock that might have been a heat check. At any rate, he finished with 10 points, three rebounds, two assists, a block and a turnover. The only complaint: one free throw. In fact, Holiday has taken one FT in the past three games partly because he's a shooter who doesn't look to drive aggressively to the rim. — Somewhat erratic game for Isaiah Thomas and Venoy Overton. Thomas needed 13 shots to score 14 points. He tallied five assists, five rebounds and three steals, but also had four turnovers. Overton had five points, five rebounds and five turnovers. Statistically, Oregon's guards (Porter and Armstead) outplayed them, but Overton showed grit drawing fouls and taking a team-high five free throws while Thomas turned into a playmaker in the second half. He found Pondexter and Matthew Bryan-Amaning for scores. — Speaking of Bryan-Amaning, foul trouble prevented him from having an explosive night. It was obvious Oregon's Michael Dunigan was hellbent on repeating his fine performance from their first meeting and things got a little chippy between the big men. Mostly it was Dunigan delivering the blows and Bryan-Amaning displayed amazing resolve not retaliating after a few hard fouls. Because he's so valuable, perhaps Bryan-Amaning shouldn't chase the guards on the pick-n-rolls and play so aggressively on the perimeter. He got tagged with an early foul trying to keep a guard from turning the corner when he would have been better served to just fall back into the paint and not put the referee in the position where he could call a foul. The Huskies need Bryan-Amaning if they want to make a postseason run because his backup Tyreese Breshers has yet to find the balance of being aggressive and being foul prone. — It was good to see Elston Turner hit a pair of three-pointers on the road. He also contributed with three rebounds, two assists and a block. It was his fifth block this season. — And finally, a few words on Pac-10 Tourney seeding. It the tournament began today, No. 8 Oregon and No. 9 Washington State would meet in the play-in game. Cal has locked up the top seed and it plays the 8-9 winner. No. 4. Arizona plays No. 5 UCLA in the top half of the bracket with Cal. Washington is currently the third seed and would meet No. 6 Oregon State. No. 2 ASU plays No. 7 Stanford in the lower half of the bracket, setting up a potential UW-ASU matchup in the semifinals on Friday. If UW wins or Arizona loses, the Huskies secure at least the No. 3 seed. If UW wins and ASU loses, the Huskies would be the No. 2 seed. There's a chance UW could fall to the No. 4 seed. That happens if UW loses, Arizona wins and ASU loses. The Huskies would be tied with Arizona at 10-8 and the Wildcats would win a tie-breaker scenario to claim the third seed. Comments | Topics: UCLA

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James Madison to Edward Everett, 30 May 1832
Montpellier May 30. 1832.
Dear Sir.
I am indebted to you I observe for a copy of Mr. Doddridge's speech on the subject of Congressional privelege. A part of it has been read to me and judging from that of what remains, I need not hesitate to pronounce it an able one as was to be expected from its able author. As he is under a mistake in supposing me to have drawn the judicial act of 1789 and wishes for information, it may be proper to set him right. The bill originated in the Senate, of which I was not a member, and the task of preparing it was understood, justly I believe, to have been performed by Mr. Ellsworth, in consultation probably with some of his learned Colleagues.
My health has improved but little. I am still confined to my bed in a state of much debility, the effect of the combined causes of rheumatism and bilious fever. Be pleased to accept Sir, a renewal of my friendly salutations.
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CNA102 – Introduction to Appraisal Standards.
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The auto industry is currently undergoing a massive technology upheaval. Artificial intelligence (AI) provides an opportunity for automotive players to rethink everything. Some believe that AI is the key differentiator in the auto industry. But this is inaccurate. It's not the AI, it's the data that is the source of differentiation. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang was quoted as saying "in the future your data is your company's source code."
The data being generated from vehicles is critically important to the future of the auto industry and the benefits of this data are generally understood. There is, however, a tremendous volume of untapped data not being leveraged. This is predominantly due to a lack of tightly integrated solutions or data silos.
The auto industry has picked up many of the most popular open source tools to handle big data. These tools, which include Hadoop, Kafka and other products, range from storage, batch processing, real-time data, machine learning frameworks and analytics. The problem with the existing integration of these tools is that they all require far too much data movement in order to process the data timely enough to be applied to AI use cases. The implication is that, as the auto industry generates data at a pace never before seen, the data will remain largely untapped due to lack of integrated infrastructure to support the plethora of use cases.
Untapped data is key
People and processes must be taken into consideration to gain value from this data. While AI is a toolset being used for solving a problem, it can hardly be considered the differentiator. As Ted Dunning, MapR chief application architect and Apache Software Foundation board member, says: "In the new cheap learning age, developers will avail themselves of the powerful and easy-to-use machine learning frameworks — and do so without having to understand all the complex mathematics driving the predictions and recommendations and optimizations under the covers."
Consider the amount and variety of data in the context of the most important business asset – people. Data scientists are the employees charged with figuring out how to best leverage the data and apply it to AI based solutions. The problem for these folks is that approximately 80% of their time is spent on data wrangling tasks such as collecting and moving data. That leaves a mere 20% of their time for building models.
There are potentially hundreds or thousands of models for a single use case and all need to be tested and then analyzed against each other. There simply isn't enough time in the day for data scientists to solve the business problems in a timely manner. Moving big amounts of data between big data systems and an AI environment is too expensive. Moreover, huge efforts are required to version the data and the models used for addressing AI problems. And open source technologies lack the necessary integration capability to simplify the process and give people the time needed to solve the problems. This is a hurdle that must be overcome for the auto industry to really make substantial advances with this untapped data.
Systems must run in a coherent, shared manner, and there should be no need to move data between environments. Only then can workloads be handled in real time and can large scale analytics and applied AI use cases be implemented based on the same underlying data.
Moving data between systems is the silent killer for productivity. With the immense volume of data, it is important to do away as early as possible with any processes that waste time. Every time data has to be moved, organizational agility is reduced. With the auto industry's current focus on AI, it's worth reminding automotive companies that, without a plan for the untapped data, there's no future for AI in the industry.
(Jim Scott is director of enterprise strategy and architecture at MapR Technologies.)


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First Community Yard Sale at Lovers Key State Park
Oct 30, 2015 08:50AM
To celebrate America Recycles Day, Lovers Key State Park, on Fort Myers Beach, will hold its first Community Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., November 14, in the event field adjacent to the boat ramp. Participants are encouraged to bring items that have been earmarked to be recycled, repurposed or reused, and Goodwill of Southwest Florida will also be accepting donated items.
A partnership with Lovers Key State Park, Friends of Lovers Key, Goodwill of Southwest Florida, Keep Lee County Beautiful and the city of Bonita Springs, this inaugural event includes informative exhibits and activities about recycling, reusing and repurposing items.
Cost: free admission, $10 sale space (limited). Location: 8700 Estero Blvd. To register for space by Nov. 11, download form at FriendsOfLoversKey.org or pick one up at the Ranger Station. For more information, call Park Services Specialist Katie Moses at 239-463-4588, email [email protected] or visit FloridaStateParks.org/loverskey.


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To put one in the position to be the recipient of blame, trouble, or criticism, often that which was intended for oneself. Tommy was caught with the marijuana in his backpack, but he threw me to the dogs and said it was mine. Our manager never hesitates to throw an underling to the dogs when something goes wrong in the office.
throw someone to the dogs
Fig. to abandon someone to enemies or evil. He served the evil empire well, but in the end, they threw him to the dogs.


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From June 开心生肖开心生肖 to June 开心生肖3, 20开心生肖9, Chengdu Esimtech Petroleum Equipment Simulation Technology Co., Ltd took part in the Global Petroleum Show (GPS) held in Canada with ESIM- full size drilling simulator, full size snubbing simulator and portable drilling simulator. This trip has been fruitful and Esimtech has a friendly exchange with visitors. At the same time, our products have been highly praised by visitors and experiencer from local companies and laid a good foundation for further development of international market.
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Workshop aims to empower women
By Amelia Harper
Staff Writer
Saturday, February 11, 2017
A local author and mental health provider kicked off her second annual Empowerment Workshop for Women and Young Girls by holding a pre-workshop event Thursday at Zaxby's.
The Drum Team from Rocky Mount High School performed in front of Zaxby's on Thursday afternoon. Their performance was followed by a performance by the Envy-Us Steppers. Both groups also are slated to perform at the main empowerment workshop scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 at Rocky Mount Middle School.
Dr. Tiffany D. Tyson, who will be holding the workshop, said the one-day workshop addresses the roadblocks preventing teens from reaching their potential by first identifying the issues, educating them on how to cope with those issues, and ultimately empowering them to be in control. Three interactive sessions will be held at the event, which also includes lunch and entertainment provided by comedian Les Long.
This year's workshop, which is directed at women and girls ages 12 and up, will focus on avoiding negative relationships, especially in dating.
"Statistics show that many young women are dealing with bullying, low self-esteem and abuse as a result of negative relationships," Tyson said.
Tyson said that this year's workshops will also include information provided by My Sister's House and a session about the involvement of girls in gangs presented by a female officer from the Rocky Mount Police Department.
The workshop fee, which runs $20, also includes a copy of one of Tyson's books. In addition to the creation of the Young Ladies Empowerment Series, Tyson is the author of "The Urban Princess," an accompanying workbook for "Urban Princess" and a follow-up book entitled "Urban Princess Empowerment Series: The Power of Choice." Tyson describes these works as fictional accounts of adolescents who face every day situations from bullying and relationships to substance abuse, self-esteem and more.
Tyson said she is charging $20 for this year's event in part because of a STEM project that participants will be engaging in at the workshop. However, she said that several sponsors in the area are helping defray the cost for some participants so that the workshop can be offered to women and girls who may otherwise be unable to attend. The event will include participants from Wilson, Edgecombe and Nash counties.
"Our workshop has become well-known in the community. I'm excited to announce we have a host of new community partners and sponsors including Zaxby's of Rocky Mount," Tyson said.
Other platinum and gold level sponsors for the events include the OIC, Western Sizzlin', The Prime Smokehouse, Olive Garden and Dunkin Donuts. In addition, 14 other community partners contributed to the event.
Tyson is a Wilson resident who works as a family nurse practitioner at the OIC in Rocky Mount. She hopes the second annual Empowerment Workshop for Women and Young Girls will offer hope and help to young women in the area.
"There is a great need in this area for women to boost their self-esteem," Tyson said. "We are hoping this workshop will help provide them with positive dating tips and a session on hair care. We are also offering the STEM activity because a lot of women don't enter science and technology fields and we want them to see those fields as possibilities."
To contact Tyson about opportunities to sponsor or refer young girls, call 252-281-4884. For more information about Tyson or to register for the workshop, go to http://www.tysonmultimedia.com.


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Melbourne is wonderful, a city of bold statements yet equality, of the undiscovered, the burgeoning, the creative and the quirky.
Matt Irwin's love of Melbourne is unquestionable, as is his ability to capture the 'speaking' moment as a streetscape photographer. He has watched and documented Melbourne's evolution into the city it has become today, one of the most liveable cities in the world.
Matt observes and understands his subject intimately, chasing the elusive moods of Melbourne until light and matter collide in a perfect photographic moment.
This photographic selection includes images never before released, along with highly iconic ones. This stunning collection of black and white and colour photographs depicts the well-known Melbourne of postcards as well as the hidden gems. From Degraves Street cafes and graffiti-soaked laneways to St Kilda, Federation Square, Flinders Street and the MCG, Melbourne: A Love Affair Mini is the art book for lovers of Melbourne and lovers of great streetscape photography.
About the Photographer:
Over the last 27 years, Matt Irwin's iconic photographic images, particularly of Melbourne, have gathered a dedicated following. Wherever he goes in the world, Matt uses the language of photography to convey the essence of place which mere words cannot. His images evoke a strong connection for the viewer as they are authentic in their interpretation. Now the City Of Melbourne has recognised Matt's individual passion and lifelong contribution to Melbourne with a Melbourne Award.


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With the ubiquity of the internet in our everyday communication, the term 'digital marketing agency' has almost lost its meaning. And at a time when every agency presents itself as a "digital agency," who can you trust with your brand online?
Here's the lowdown on digital agencies.
The agency of the future must do digital. In the "golden age" of the ad giant, brands used to hire mega agencies to produce TV commercials and print ads for mass markets — months in advance. Today, agencies also must deliver targeted messages to fragmented audiences — all in real time. And traditional agencies have responded to client demand by adding digital departments.
But traditional agencies are failing. Unsurprisingly, most large agencies still advertise on the internet the same way they advertise in mass media. In fact, many traditional agencies have attempted "cross-platform" strategies that simply repurpose broadcast or print creative without customizing it for the web. To internet users, it feels invasive and unwelcome.
Digital agencies do meet the demand. Digital agencies, which have become increasingly common over the past few years, specialize in screen-based products and services. They understand internet behavior and can engage internet users. They're used to learning emerging technologies and built to adapt in an ever-changing industry.
But digital agencies don't do it all. While many brands attempt to make it work with both a traditional and digital agency, this usually proves to be a short-term solution. Because at the end of the day, brands perform the best when their strategy, message and platforms can all be managed under one roof.
Kelley & Associates is a smaller, smarter type of full-service agency. We ventured into the world of the internet in 1995, and our clients today still attest to our proven performance in web, search and social solutions. But unlike "digital agencies," we understand just how well traditional and digital media can work together to produce results when they're managed the right way.
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The Onion redesigned this week, and they have a great article on Google: Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index
"Google finally has what it needs to catalog the DNA of every organism on Earth," said analyst Imran Kahn of J.P. Morgan Chase. "Of course, some people might not want their DNA indexed. Hence, the robot army. It's crazy, it's brilliant—typical Google."
Google's robot army is rumored to include some 4 million cybernetic search-and-destroy units, each capable of capturing and scanning up to 100 humans per day.
Completely off-topic, but the opinion piece by the goat had me rolling.


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Seeing the old men and women come and stare out of their lawn chairs at the passers by, it made me wonder what happened when these people passed. Did their children come and wheel these second homes away, clear out old trinkets into boxes that are then lost in the general passage of time? Walking around the campsite, ended up at the end of a row of lots I hadn't noticed before. And there they were.
You could tell no one had opened these doors for a while. Abandoned haphazardly together, pushed just a little too far into the trees, were the disposed caravans. Lace curtains tattered and vehicles listing to one side on punctured wheels, I walked among these forgotten things. There is no one camped near them, and why would they. Looking at them, there was no shaking the feeling of something wrong, and something missing.
Disposed images to come.


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Historical Events
- Former White House aide I. Lewis Libby, Jr. is found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice trial.
Famous Deaths
- Allen Coage (aka "Bad News Brown", "Bad News Allen"), American professional wrestler and judoka (b. 1943)
- Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
- Jean Baudrillard, French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator and photographer (b. 1929)


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Nothing to Prove: Why We Can Stop Trying So Hard by Jennie Allen
Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely by Lysa TerKeurst
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
Marriage & Family
Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? by Gary L. Thomas
Grace Based Parenting: Set Your Family Free by Tim Kimmel
The Invisible Bond: How to Break Free from Your Sexual Past by Barbara Wilson
WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source by Alisa Vitti
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life by Peter Gray
Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze
For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Life and Other Near-Death Experiences by Camille Pagán
Forever is the Worst Long Time by Camille Pagán
Confessions of a Domestic Failure: A Humorous Book About a not so Perfect Mom by Bunmi Laditan
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley
The Rejected Writer's Book Club by Suzanne Kelman
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck by Bethany Turner
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Inferno by Dan Brown
Origin by Dan Brown
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
P.S. from Paris (US edition) by Marc Levy
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
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2013 Dave Matthews Band Summer Tour Dates Announced
Spring is "almost" in the air, and it's time to get your taxes done maybe sooner than later, because it's tour time. Dave Matthews Band have announced their 2013 Summer Tour dates.
Per usual, they will be hitting all their well known spots (SPAC, Alpine, Gorge, Hartford, West), as well as hitting some other less traveled venues like, Maryland Height, MI, Orange Beach, AL, and Holmdel, NJ which will be the first time DMB has played since 1997.
The tour will kick off in The Woodlands, TX on May 17th and run through the west coast closing out in Mountain View, CA on September 8th.
Warehouse memebers can begin requesting tickets starting on February 21st at 10 am ET and closes Monday, March 4th at 10 am ET.
Citi Cardmembers can take advantage of a presale on Monday, March 18th.
Public sale will begin on Friday, March 22nd.
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In this section (the blogs) you will be able to find a short posts of 1) sariskiz, 2) anything related on combs, 3) how to use natural products for your own benefit and why not, how can we help our planet and our health with manageable habits at home/office (basically, where we spend most of our time).
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NSE's ex-president seeks entrepreneurship growth at convocation
Ibru posited that a nation like Nigeria must create the environment for businesses and entrepreneurs to thrive, stressing that it is a key strategy we must use to fight poverty, create wealth and grow the economy.
He said, "Entrepreneurship is very often building something, sometimes empires out of nothing.
We hope in this regard the recent remarkable achievements in the 'World Bank Ease of Doing Business' will be sustained, aligned with the required market-based economic reform, going forward.
We also cannot over-emphasise the important role of academic leadership in designing innovative entrepreneurial education to produce the business leaders and entrepreneurs to help realise the economic dreams of our great nation.
In his lecture, the guest speaker, Prof Toyin Falola who was also honoured with a doctorate degree, noted that for any private school to excel and surpass their public counterparts in local and international relevance, it must take cognisance of academic freedom and independence; lasting relations with students; direct engagement with society through programs and increased social relevance; and networking with industry practitioners.
Speaking on the topic, "Private universities and the public good, the eminent scholar pointed out that if private universities refuse to shrink their agenda and avoid micromanaging the process of knowledge generation, they will distinguish themselves in years to come.
They need to maintain an intellectually stimulating society where teachers can engage in contrarian research and where they enjoy the freedom to reject traditionalism and discuss unpleasant subjects in the classroom
He said, "Private universities also need to increase their social relevance.
They should engage society directly, introducing courses and programmes that speak to ongoing national issues and by participating in those issues directly.
Today, Nigeria is confronted with issues of corruption, leadership, governance, economic growth, societal and overall developmental issues.
He also urged the graduating students to maximise the power of knowledge economy. "You can convert your knowledge to power and wealth. You must also use your brain and come back to give to your alma mater
The vice chancellor, Prof Ayandiji Aina, who was honored with 'Exemplary Leadership Award', said their students are performing excellently in Nigeria and outside the country.
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A RETAIL park is on target to be up and running by Christmas with work well underway on the site.
Steel frames and roofs are already in place on the Brockhurst Gate development in Gosport.
Managed by building company Millngate, the former military land will welcome retailers such as McDonald's, Costa, Iceland, Home Bargains and Lidl.
As previously reported in The News, councillors on Gosport Borough Council's regulatory board unanimously approved the planning application last September.
Over the past few months, builders have moved onto the site, at the Fareham Road and Heritage Way junction, and what will be the shop units can now be seen.
Councillor Stephen Philpott, chairman of the economic development board at the council, said: 'It has been great to see work getting underway for the retail park.
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'This is a really important development for Gosport as it is creating 250 jobs which is great for the town.
'Hopefully it will be a good opportunity for young people to get employment.
'I am sure it is going to be a great success.'
Further applications for the site have been submitted to Gosport Borough Council including by McDonald's who want to build a play area outside their unit.
The application also includes external seating and a canopy for the drive-thru.
Cllr Philpott said as the development progresses, more applications will be submitted by the retailers covering signage and other additions.
'The site as a whole already has the permission,' he added.
'We are hoping to see more applications come through as the businesses start looking to move into the site and put up fascia signs and things like that.'
The Brockhurst Gate development has been in the pipeline for years after Millngate originally wanted to use the land for housing.
Their application was rejected by the council, and again on appeal by a government inspector.
Working with the council, Millngate re-submitted their application for the retail park.
Cllr Philpott praised the company for listening to what people wanted and what the town needed.
He added: 'As a council, we knew houses weren't right for this location. We kept to our decision for retail space and now we have it.
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Episode #: 32
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The Blue NWA Tag Team Belts
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Kofi Kingston
Drew McIntyre
Bayley & Sasha
Ronda Rousey
Daniel Bryan
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Becky Lynch
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The Blown Spot (what the hell was that?)
Bellas: shelf life expired
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Wally hates things Michael Cole does
World of Wrestling (everywhere else in the world)
New Japan Cup
ROH Anniversary TV Tapings
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OMAHA, Neb. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Werner Enterprises slipped 4 percent after the company warned that higher fuel prices could cut earnings in the third-quarter.
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It chafes my teacher-heart just a bit that Luke chooses to leave out of today's text any details about what Jesus was teaching the crowds from Simon's fishing boat that fine day. I want a window on His words of instruction, His divine directives, His voice of authority. Instead of hearing them directly, I'm given the opportunity to receive them through the experience unfolding on the waters of Lake Gennesaret, through an intimate and powerful encounter between Jesus and Simon.
For isn't that the way of Jesus? To desire encounter and experience with us? To come to us in the grittiness of our everyday lives?
That's certainly how it is for Simon. He has just endured a futile and frustrating night at work, with absolutely no fish to show for his efforts. He's busy cleaning his nets, probably looking forward to getting off that shore. Just when he's dreaming of the breakfast he's going to enjoy before resting his weary body, Jesus calls and Simon responds. Jesus comes to Simon in the middle of his ordinary daily grind and Simon responds with openness to the encounter. He responds with trust. He responds with action.
As Jesus catches Simon by surprise in a net-ripping catch of fish, Simon is awakened. His eyes are opened to Jesus' identity, to His divine power. His eyes are opened to his own unworthiness, his sinfulness. He is awakened to his own fear. Jesus isn't interested in his cringing deprecation. He desires more encounter with him, more experience together, more life lived with Jesus' kingdom purposes in mind.
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I've heard the expression, "More things are caught than taught." May we be people who are increasingly caught by the Presence and Power of Jesus in our own experience and who from that place of encounter become part of God's bigger story of bringing all people to life in Jesus.
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