Chris I am incredibly thankful for your perspective and for your expansive nature which seems to have room for almost anybody (it reminds me of Christ). Maybe though, it’s time for you to pick up some Wendell Berry and discover the opposite side of reality, that is, the reality of place. Many of the problems you pick up here are problems…
Chris I am incredibly thankful for your perspective and for your expansive nature which seems to have room for almost anybody (it reminds me of Christ). Maybe though, it’s time for you to pick up some Wendell Berry and discover the opposite side of reality, that is, the reality of place. Many of the problems you pick up here are problems of rootlessness (Simone Weil has a great little book on this), and maybe picking a small, forgotten place, where people are connected to the land and to each other, and sticking around for a few years (at the very least) might lend some perspective.
Yes. I thought the essay was powerful and very well written (thank you), but I also know there are small towns there that haven’t died, where people are connected to community. Try some towns in Minnesota, for instance, where there are still communities of German-Americans.
Also, if Caroline ever decides to go to community college, university, etc, this retired university prof is happy to give guidance. I hope the heck her lot improves, because she is a decent person with real potential.
Chris I am incredibly thankful for your perspective and for your expansive nature which seems to have room for almost anybody (it reminds me of Christ). Maybe though, it’s time for you to pick up some Wendell Berry and discover the opposite side of reality, that is, the reality of place. Many of the problems you pick up here are problems of rootlessness (Simone Weil has a great little book on this), and maybe picking a small, forgotten place, where people are connected to the land and to each other, and sticking around for a few years (at the very least) might lend some perspective.
Yes. I thought the essay was powerful and very well written (thank you), but I also know there are small towns there that haven’t died, where people are connected to community. Try some towns in Minnesota, for instance, where there are still communities of German-Americans.
Also, if Caroline ever decides to go to community college, university, etc, this retired university prof is happy to give guidance. I hope the heck her lot improves, because she is a decent person with real potential.
+1 for Wendell Berry. Read 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 and 𝘑𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸!
Yes!