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Adventures in Port William and Portpatrick  © Jen-Jen Photography

[ferndaughter]

- Wendell Berry, in his book Jayber Crow from the Port Williams series.

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Jayber Crow: A Novel

Jayber Crow: A Novel by Wendell Berry Berry's well-regarded novel describing the life of a barber in small-town Port William, Kentucky. #bookReview #ScottsBookReview

This book is the first one I’ve read by Berry, but the author has come to me highly recommended by consumers of literature. Jayber Crow sits in a series of books about a small town named Port William in Kentucky. Like much of rural life, the relationships among its inhabitants are intertwined, even incestuous. The book, set in the early-to-late twentieth century, describes the life story of…

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Review: Remembering

Remembering, Wendell Berry. Berkeley: Counterpoint Press, 2008 (originally published 1988).

Summary: Following the loss of a hand, a grieving Andy Catlett struggles with both his loss and his anger with agribusiness, that he believes is destroying a way of life, and gropes his way toward healing.

Andy Catlett is suffering from two losses, and struggles with anger from both. While harvesting…

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Worm Casts by jillyspoon

[jollysportingbear]

Port William Harbour by James Johnstone Via Flickr: Port William Harbour The harbour was extended in 1790 and again in 1848, and it continued to have commercial importance until the end of the First World War.Further work was done to protect the harbour in the 1980s by building a breakwater to the western side of the harbour.It then steadily became what you see today, a haven for small fishing and leisure craft.A recent reflection of Port William's seafaring heritage is found in the life-size fisherman's statue overlooking the harbour. This was once made of concrete, but following a public appeal it has been remade in bronze. The statue was part-funded by the millennium lottery fund. In front of the statue is a plaque with the first verse of the poem Leisure by W. H. Davies. "What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare."

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