Dimly Lit

Ron,
I occasionaly look here, first comment. I will confess, I think Wendell has ruined my life as well. I caught onto him while living in St Louis; now I live in the middle of nowhere, southside of Virginia. I live on 1.5 acres of God’s good earth. My wife, three children, three dogs and a cat. Berry has transformed my thinking about land, which greatly influenced me in the disposition of the family farm after my father’s death. Oh, how I wanted to hold on. But one thing I have learned from Berry and life, absentee ownership is not ownership.

I am haunted by a poem or story of Berry’s, about a scarred land. It’s how he, caring and studying the land, ruined it by trying to build a pond. All because we must admit that we are weak and frail, know and are known incompletely. That goes for the dirt too.

Ron,
I occasionaly look here, first comment. I will confess, I think Wendell has ruined my life as well. I caught onto him while living in St Louis; now I live in the middle of nowhere, southside of Virginia. I live on 1.5 acres of God’s good earth. My wife, three children, three dogs and a cat. Berry has transformed my thinking about land, which greatly influenced me in the disposition of the family farm after my father’s death. Oh, how I wanted to hold on. But one thing I have learned from Berry and life, absentee ownership is not ownership.

I am haunted by a poem or story of Berry’s, about a scarred land. It’s how he, caring and studying the land, ruined it by trying to build a pond. All because we must admit that we are weak and frail, know and are known incompletely. That goes for the dirt too.

Thanks for those thoughts javajeb. My wife and I dream very regularly about when we will be able to make the leap to at least a couple of acres outside St. Louis. It sounds like you have a nice place in VA, though I’m sure losing a family farm was a hard thing.

By the way, I’ve always wanted to roast my own coffee - does it really make a difference?

Thanks for those thoughts javajeb. My wife and I dream very regularly about when we will be able to make the leap to at least a couple of acres outside St. Louis. It sounds like you have a nice place in VA, though I’m sure losing a family farm was a hard thing.

By the way, I’ve always wanted to roast my own coffee - does it really make a difference?