Stunning, Amy. I was moved to tears. I'm going to read Wendell Barry's poem in its entirety now. Then I should probably have it tattooed on my forearm.
Ha! I know. And it's also going to be really expensive. I've narrowed it down to a favorite passage: "Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor." Now I just have to nut up enough to go under the needle. 😬
A fitting prelude to your Demolition Man piece. Great stuff, per usual.
Wow, fascinating stuff. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for reading! :)
It's always a pleasure.
Stunning, Amy. I was moved to tears. I'm going to read Wendell Barry's poem in its entirety now. Then I should probably have it tattooed on my forearm.
Thank you Meg! It’s gonna take up a loooot of arm! ;)
Ha! I know. And it's also going to be really expensive. I've narrowed it down to a favorite passage: "Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor." Now I just have to nut up enough to go under the needle. 😬
Catching up on some TBR (incl. Substacks)...
The Forster story is a read hidden gem. Wow. The prescience! Thank you for the heads up...
My pleasure! I’m glad you enjoyed it -- I agree, it’s kind of an amazing little story, and not well-enough known :)