Yurts so Good
byThis is a video about Mike. Mike runs and lives in Montana in a yurt. Mike seems like a righteous dude. Enjoy.
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Sunday School with Berry and Davis
byA few years ago Krista Tippet interviewed Ellen Davis and featured Wendell Berry on her excellent radio show, “On Being.” Two of my heroes united…
Youth on the farm
byFuture Farmers of America (FFA) is rethinking how it does programming in response to the changing economic landscape, and growing interest from the millennial…
Dumbphones
byWe do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us. – Henry David Thoreau I’m guilty as most when it comes to…
Saturday Morning Kerouac
bySome Saturday morning Kerouac to start your day off right: Then suddenly everything was just like jazz: it happened in one insane second or…
Some Wendell Berry for National Poetry Month
byApril is National Poetry Month and above is a clip of Wendell Berry reading his poem “The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer.” The clip is from…
The Martyr Mentality of American Christianity
byIn a country where over 75% of the population claims Christianity, where does the American Evangelical notion of persecution stem from? According to this…
Agrihoods
byThe New York Times ran an article recently about a new-ish type of housing development known as agrihoods. These developments center around a working…
Robert Butler, 1943-2014
byI was fortunate enough as a child to have spent much of my formative years exploring the varied landscapes of Florida. From camping to…
What We’re Reading
byRevenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan A collection of short stories from one of the great writers of the beat generation. Brautigan captures…