I was asked once what it was like to be a Berry child. I answered that it was fine except for the constant humiliation. I believe that I went along with my father’s plans for us very agreeably until I was 12 or 13, the age when I think many children realize that their parents need guidance.
She also wrote about her mother.
My Mother's Agrarian Making of a Home.
Don't know who Wendell Berry is? Here is one of my favorite poems of his.
The Peace of Wild Things
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Other things that I have liked.
Call the Midwife: Just over the top wonderful. The positive portrayal of religious life in community- I love it.
Louise Penney's Inspector Gamache. I started with The Beautiful Mystery and now need to go back and start this series at the beginning. Intelligent and interesting mysteries.
Celtic Daily Prayer prayers from the Northumbria Community. I read the Compline Prayers before I go to sleep at night. Just lovely.
Elizabeth Goudge. I know I am late to the game with this author but I just read The Scent of Water and really liked it. Her books show her faith and are very delicate. They aren't for everyone but I really enjoyed this book. I'd like to read more.
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