Gathering Blueberries for Treats to Serve at Workshop & Reading

Blueberries, Photo by Tina Brown

Yesterday my niece, Tina Brown went blueberry picking at White Oak Farm in Renick, WV to help Ginger Must, Laura Miller, and Acting Executive Director Sue Groves, gather fresh off the branch blueberries for the treats that will be served at tonight's events with blueberry farmer and prize-winning author Jim Minick.  At 6:00 Minick will don his farmer's cap for a Workshop on Growing Blueberries, and at 7:00 pm he'll read from The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family.  

Between the four of them they picked 7 1/2 plastic grocery bags full of blueberries, Tina said.  "They were heavy.  We picked about 100 lbs," Tina joked.  The treats will prove an excellent compliment to evening.  

Amelia Walker as Pearl S. Buck

Amelia Walker as Pearl Buck

Cindy Walker or Beckeley, WV, mother of Amelia Walker sent us a picture of her 3rd grade daughter dressed as Pearl S. Buck for a presentation about the author's life. The family had visited the Birthplace some weeks before. Her mother writes that Amelia also

received a certificate for reading 75 books this school year...and the results from a STAR reading test at school that indicate "she reads at a level equal to that of a typical twelfth grader" based on a national average of students in her grade. We are very proud of her.

We're interested in hearing about schools that study Pearl S. Buck, or students that do reports on her or related topics, so send us your pictures or stories.

"The Good Earth" on the Underground New York Public Library

Check out the latest in "The Good Earth" series on Underground New York Public Library.  This site is just a collection of people reading literature on the subway.  The photo to the right is of a woman reading Pearl Buck's The Good Earth in a subway station.  It can be very interesting to see who is reading what in the photographs and how wrapped up in it they seem to be.