The Welker Family » books http://wlkr.org Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:10:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Late Winter Thoughts on Being a Gardener http://wlkr.org/2009/03/03/late-winter-thoughts-on-being-a-gardener/ http://wlkr.org/2009/03/03/late-winter-thoughts-on-being-a-gardener/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:46:41 +0000 Glenn Welker http://wlkr.org/?p=554

Actually, these are not my thoughts, but those of “Monty”.

Monty or Montague Don is one of my all time favorite gardening personalities. His cult status, has not reached the United States and most of his books are not in wide circulation. I leave you some of his thoughts from a book called “The Sensuous Garden.” Maybe you too, will appreciate his words as much or more than his obvious gardening skill.

“Apples are twisted gently on their stalks to see if they will come away and are therefore ripe, the tulip curves of a pear weighed in the heel of the hand to test but not bruise. The tips of fingers tentatively pluck at a grape and measure the give in a second of careless but incredibly finely tuned assessment. Strawberries are lifted heavily off the damp, slug-ridden soil and coddled with straw, and the furry skin of a peach, feeling so like the head of a newborn child, produces and almost reflexlike delicacy of stroking. We cup the heavy bloom of a rose in our hand, stem between two fingers, so that not only may we raise it to our nose, we may also feel its weight (and worth) in our hand.”

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Kidthing.

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Wowbrary – Newest Books, Movies, and Music at your Library.

]]> http://wlkr.org/2009/02/23/get-notified-of-new-material-at-your-library/feed/ 0 A few titles for your reading pleasure http://wlkr.org/2008/08/13/a-few-titles-for-your-reading-pleasure/ http://wlkr.org/2008/08/13/a-few-titles-for-your-reading-pleasure/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:03:11 +0000 Glenn Welker http://wlkr.org/?p=215 Truth be told, this post is for my sister Kathy. She teaches high school English. If that isn’t enough, she occasionally points out my grammatical errors. We both love the idea that there are people who believe in banning books or other forms of censorship. How ridiculous!

In the spirit of pointing out our mistakes in the last century, I give Kathy and most likely her students a list of “must read” books for the upcoming school year.

The top ten banned books of the 20th century

  1. The Grapes of Wrath [1939] John Steinbeck
  2. Lady Chatterley’s Lover [1928] D. H. Lawrence
  3. Slaughterhouse-Five [1969] Kurt Vonnegut
  4. To Kill a Mockingbird [1960] Harper Lee
  5. Fahrenheit 451 [1953] Ray Bradbury
  6. The Catcher in the Rye [1951] J.D. Salinger
  7. Tropic of Cancer [1934] Henry Miller
  8. Naked Lunch [1959] William S. Burroughs
  9. Ulysses [1922] James Joyce
  10. 1984 [1949] George Orwell
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Beta.BookLamp.org

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