Easing back in....

Because (as I/others might have predicted) I have been undisciplined as a blogger, and because I feel it is a good thing to sort of ease back in to such activities, rather than peeling off a 4,000 word post I'll simply say that one of the greatest literary joys I have had in a long time came from reading "A Desirable Woman," Wendell Berry's story from his newest collection, A Place in Time. I didn't think any of the stories in this collection would grab me in the ways that his earlier fiction did. I was wrong. This story of a young minister's wife is not only significant because it presents the most positive minister character in his work so far; it is also among the finest pieces of fiction he has ever produced. It is a beautiful story. That is all.