A little introduction for new and old followers alike: First off, I’m no one special in the grand scheme of things, but I’d like to think I’m very special to my family, and I’ve designed my life off that presumption. My name is Greg, and I live with my young, growing Catholic family of 6 in northwestern RI on our homestead, where we homeschool our kids and tend to our chickens, veggies and flowers (with more additions planned in the future). I write for a Substack publication called Kinward and record a daily podcast called The Dissident Dad Show, while working on building a family business. I believe in this idea called eternalist generationalism, where responsibility doesn’t end with my lifespan or my kids’ childhoods, because it reaches upward to God and eternity, and outward into the moral, spiritual, economic, and ecological world my descendants (and my neighbors’ descendants) will have to live in. If eternity is real, then I’m obligated to build a rightly ordered micro-civilization, not just carve out a private, comfortable life. I think we’d all be a little better off if we focused on our local economies of land, people, and politics rather than getting worked up over national or global happenings. In fact, I think we’d be much happier overall. I love New England and American wouldn’t live anywhere else. I have ancestry going back to the Mayflower, so you could say I’m a Mayflower American. I’ve also fought for this country, and so have five generations of men in my family. But you wouldn’t see my kids or me going abroad to fight in any wars right now; rather, if anything, you’ll see us fighting for our own local communities and people if it came to that. I love nature and the American landscape; exploring it, being tethered to it. One of the greatest feelings is walking through the woods all day watching a bird dog run around looking for grouse and woodcock and the thrill that comes from shooting it when flushed. I think our lives would be more enriched if we conserved this natural world of ours as best as possible. Finally, I think the nihilistic mind rot of our modern age has destroyed so much beauty that used to exist in our homes, architecture, landscaping, the way we dress and treat others, our faith in a higher being, our cooking and baking and how we even present it, and even how we just think, act, and converse with ourselves and each other. We destroy nihilism through beauty. The beauty found in family, faith, nature, traditions, our communities and parishes, and having the freedom to live this way without being oppressed by any governmental entity. Thanks for following along.

this is literally how I’ve approached everything after leaving the military graduate research in brain tumor lab -> read every book biotech assoc. -> read every book VC assoc. -> read every book homesteading/homeschooling -> read every book sheep/wool/manufacturing -> currently reading every book I can get my hands on

this is probably the most salient point of this thread. being “open to more life as it comes” is a rather ancient Christian understanding that life is a gift to receive, one upon which much of western civilization was built. we’ve replaced this almost entirely with the belief that *we* are life’s designers.

I must admit I have no paintings of sheep hung in my house yet. I guess I’m just waiting for the right one to *find* me as much as I’m going to *find* it.

“The Road goes ever on and on.” the beacon has been lit at our future forest school.

outside inside days.

this should be the most normal reaction to someone sharing that they’re expecting, alas

barn coat farm chores >>> t-shirt farm chores

reading Narnia to the kids for the third time now that our third is old enough. every child ought to know the difference between Aslan and the White Witch.

you should know stone wall pastures are incredibly sheep coded.