this blog's title has been
shamelessly appropriated
from a Wendell Berry poem
Manifesto: the Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Taylor Marshall: The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity
David Sedaris: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
Michael O'Brien: Father Elijah: An Apocalypse
Jonny Baker: Curating Worship
Kathleen Norris: Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life
David James Duncan: My Story as Told by Water: Confessions, Druidic Rants, Reflections, Bird-watchings, Fish-stalkings, Visions, Songs and Prayers Refracting Light, From Living Rivers, in the Age of the Industrial Dark
Kathryn Stockett: The Help
D. W. Robertson: Saint Augustine: On Christian Doctrine
Professor Jaroslav Pelikan: Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
The King Is DeadThe Decemberists: The King Is Dead
Recapturing the BanjoOtis Taylor: Recapturing the Banjo
Time To GrowThe Lovell Sisters: Time To Grow
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying QuailsThe Baseball Project: Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
God Willin' & The Creek Don't RiseRay Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs: God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
WildwoodChatham County Line: Wildwood
Commonplace books are one way to gather knowledge, usually by being jotted into books, with items of every kind: medical notes, recipes, quotes, letters, poems, proverbs, prayers.