The Wolfpen Notebooks by James Still

The Wolfpen Notebooks by James StillAfter keeping school for six years at the forks of Troublesome Creek in the Kentucky hills, James Still moved to a century old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch, on Little Carr Creek, and became "the man in the bushes" to his curious neighbors. Still joined the life of the scattered community. He raised his own food, preserved fruits and vegetables for the winter, and kept two stands of bees for honey. A neighbor

Mud: A Story

monitors the patterns of neighborhood wildlife

harvesting

Alternating between meditations on the natural world and gritty snapshots of the county jail

In On Troublesome Creek

Untelling   Non-fiction by Amy Clark

It's comfortable and flattering for all

from his childhood in Alabama

neighborly families gathered to do one of the ceremonious jobs of farm life: hog killing

farm-to-table cuisine at her many acclaimed restaurants

Revealed in the personal narratives are the diverse interpretations of the practice

of three years in the life of his family and their kin