This is a recommendation without a question mark. Kristine gave Lisa, Hannah Coulter, Wendell Berry, a novel. It's a bit unusual because it is in the form of a reflection of a woman, Hannah Coulter, who is remembering her life from the perspective of her seventies. In previous blogs I quoted from the book. It was a quite poignant read for me. Hannah reminded me a bit of my mother, the change in farming resonates with my experience and I, too, think back over the decades I remember and the people who inhabited those times.
Lisa passed the book off to me saying "I want you to read this, I think you will like it." Like it I did and am willing to recommend it with no caveat. Berry's philosophy shines through, which is thought with which I agree. It is not a new book, copyrighted in 2004, so likely some readers of this blog have read it. If so I hope to read their reactions to it.
Reading is one of the joys of my life. Tonight I was telling a friend my memory of my parents spending their evenings in rocking chairs, on opposite sides of the dining room table, reading. What wonderful role models they were for me.
Takk for alt,
Al
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