Home Economics: Fourteen Essays by Wendell Berry" Wherever we live, however we do so, we desperately need a prophet of responsibility; and although the days of the prophets seem past to many of us, Berry may be the closest to one we have. But, fortunately, he is also a poet of responsibility. He makes one believe that the good life may not only be harder than what we' re used to but sweeter as well." "The New York Review of Books" "Wherever we live, however we do so, we desperately need a prophet

and recipes range from Buttermilk Blueberry Soup to quick breads

which commended him for making a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children

The perfect gift at any time for anyone

This is a wonderful book for children to learn about allotment or vegetable gardening through Sophie's eager and questioning eyes

has everything

In the Wilderness is an extraordinary work

Later in life

as well as pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church in Franklin

Muir's writing intimately connects the reader to the heart of nature

a virtuoso

Some of the species can be told apart only by minute differences in coloration or shape

you will be able to look back on your own journals and notice not only how the natural world changes around you