by Andi | Aug 9, 2013 | Book Recommendations, God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
I feel like you folks should have known this was coming. It was kind of inevitable, right? So today, I bring you – from God’s Whisper Farm – my ten favorite farm books – for farmers, memoir-readers, and dreamers alike. 1. Goat Song: A... by Andi | Jul 12, 2013 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
If you’ve read God’s Whisper Manifesto, you’ll know that one of the principles I have for the farm here is “Be as Green As Possible Without Being Stupid.” To that end, I read a lot of books about how to use less, reuse more, and reduce... by Andi | Jul 11, 2013 | Book Recommendations, God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
In grad school, a professor wrote on one of my papers, “Andi, you can’t really be this much of an idealist, can you?” I can’t remember what that paper was about – Derrida, gnosticism in Toni Morrison, my loathing for James Joyce? –... by Andi | Jul 9, 2013 | God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
They had gone for a walk, my parents. “Do the dishes while we are gone,” one of them must have said. They left, and my brother Jeremy and I began. At 6, I could reach into the sink from the floor, but at 4, Jeremy needed a step stool. (I don’t... by Andi | Jul 8, 2013 | God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
The breeze brushes my cheeks as I open the back door and step out onto the back porch. My eyes skip up the mountain, past the dogwood to the sky. The blue looks like it’s been hit with a spotlight, and the clouds are the white of Santa’s beard. Morning...