One of America's best essayists writes a column for the Baton Rouge Advocate, and freelances for the Christian Science Monitor. It's not just me saying that because he's my friend. Danny Heitman -- who gave me my first Wendell Berry book many years ago -- has won a major prize for editorial and opinion writing about the virtues. His winning essay is about gratitude.
A bayou gem
Thursday January 17, 2008
Categories: Culture
Filed Under: Danny Heitman, in character
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Here's one I just found that I'm afraid our children have lost with all this fear of harm. Parents too fearful to let them explore. Relates to another post too.
Still I know what he's saying like the back of my hand.
'One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.'
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=173524
So, Frost was a "Bircher", was he?
None Dare Call Him Cons' Pharisee.
Come, ye Sons of Birches, away. - after Purcell.
I doubt he was a Bircher given his speech at JFK's inaugural and everyone knows poet laureate's are political appointments. :)
But I did just dig up an interesting (specious?) fact while recalling Mr. Birch's Society.
"started by a group of twelve "patriotic and public-spirited" men led by Robert Welch, Jr., a retired candy manufacturer from Belmont, Massachusetts" Belmont,MA would that be Mitt's hometown? Hmmm - just kidding.
I just read a little more I take back the joke. There's alot I didn't know about the Birchers, shouldn't even joke about the false (Jonah-like?) association.
Back to Frost.
The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I've (No more) miles to go before I sleep. . .
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