The Deliberate Agrarian

Dateline: 31 July 2005 I have recently acquired a copy of the book Agrarianism in American Literature , edited by M. Thomas Inge. Though...

Dateline: 17 July 2005 By: Herrick Kimball And Benny's grandfather grew tomatoes Benny is a guy I work with. He is of Itali...

Dateline: 13 July 2005 (Note: today’s blog is a continuation of yesterday’s blog post,  Earl The Bee Man & My First Hive ) My ho...

Dateline: 12 July 2005 Earl Downes is the bee man around these parts. Earl really knows bees. He lives off the beaten path on Dresservi...

Dateline: 11 July 2005 Wendell Berry is the foremost of Agrarian writers. His perspicuity is rare, refreshing, inspiring and, at the sam...

Dateline: 10 July 2005 My last two Blogs were about how boys seek role models and these role models shape a boy’s identity. I also point...

Dateline: 9 July 2005 In the first installment of this blog on A Son's Identity I explained how all young boys look for role models...

Dateline: 7 July 2005 James Coburn as Derek Flint All boys seek out and identify with role models that they want to be just like. I...

Dateline: 4 July 2005 In 1832, Samuel Francis Smith, a New England minister, "felt the impulse" to write a patriotic hymn. On ...

Dateline: 3 July 2005 First Things First I want to say thank you to those folks who have posted messages here this last week in respon...

Dateline: 30 June 2005 I’m still thinking about Dag Hammarskjold School #6 , and cities, and how I dislike them so... Howard King, aut...

Dateline: 26 June 2005 I think that, when I write a Blog entry on Sundays, it will be “Bits & Pieces” of commentary. For example... ...