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Bill Felker

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Born

in Minneapolis, MN, The United States

June 26, 1940

Website

http:/www.poorwillsalmanack.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Memoir, Philosophy

Influences

Don Wallis, Wendell Berry

Member Since

July 2020

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I was a college teacher for almost fifty years, taught English, Spanish, History. I started writing an almanac for the weekly local newspaper in February of 1984, and I haven't been able to stop. I quit smoking in 1984, as well, and the notes I have made since giving up nicotine have turned into newspaper columns as well as two small collections of essays, 16 annual almanacs and a 12-volume set of daybooks. ...more

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	Home is the Prime Meridian: Almanac Essays in Search of Time and Place and Spirit 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poor Will's Almanack for 2024: A Guide to Living in Harmony with the Earth 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poor Will's Almanack 2011: Since 1984, a Traditional Guide to Living in Harmony it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poor Will's Almanack 2015: Since 1984, a Traditional Guide to Living in Harmony with the Earth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Daybook for July in Yellow Springs, Ohio: A Memoir in Nature (A Daybook for the Year in Yellow Springs, Ohio) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Poor Will's Almanack for 2018: A Guide to Living in Harmony with the Earth 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Daybook for March in Yellow Springs, Ohio: A Memoir in Nature (Daybook for the Year in Yellow Springs, Ohio) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Daybook for May in Yellow Springs, Ohio: A Memoir in Nature 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poor Will's Almanack for 2020: with the Great Outhouse Story Collection by Poor Will's Readers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Story TIme

Time becomes human time to the extent that it is organized after the manner of a narrative.

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A narrative, much like a clock, is a kind of gadget for marking time, for trying to make sense of the endless metamorphoses that give shape to our lives.

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Philosophers of natural time suggest that humans interpret events-in-nature through stories that make those events comprehensible. Read more of this blog post »

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