May 5, 2021 | Natural Steward
“Alone of all, the human race lifts up its head on high, and stands in easy balance with the body upright… Thy glance is upward, and thou dost carry high thy head, and so thy gaze is skyward…” Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy Philosophers and...
Mar 31, 2021 | Good Work, Man of the Household, Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“…you thought that the shepherd as a shepherd tends the sheep not with a view to their own good, but like a mere diner or banqueter with a view to the pleasures of the table; or, again, as a trader for sale in the market, and not as a shepherd.” Plato, Republic...
Mar 24, 2021 | Man of the Household, Natural Steward
“And aren’t the respective crafts by nature set over them to seek and provide what is to their advantage?” Socrates, Plato’s Republic Rereading the first book of the Republic, I was struck by a bolt of lightning. Plato saw the root question of human life. To be or not...
Mar 17, 2021 | Man of the Household, Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
Before she comes, prune the vines. It is better this way. Hesiod, Works and Days The other day my wife and I were pruning our peach trees. According to Hesiod we were late—for the star Arcturus (the ‘she’ in the quotation) appears at the end of February. As Hesiod...
Feb 3, 2021 | Articles, Front Porch Republic, Good Work, Good Work (Featured Posts), Man of the Household, Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
*This is a reposting of the first piece I ever posted online, almost exactly eight years ago, at Front Porch Republic. It has remained one of the most popular I’ve posted. Also, here is short video sharing my joy in splitting wood. Hilaire Belloc once wrote that he...
Dec 16, 2020 | Good Work, Man of the Household, Natural Steward, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“We’ve gotten stuck in the summer mode, in chronic summer… In fall and winter we should move into a new mode, a contractive and restorative mode… like coming home at the end of the day… with a sense of settling, of slowing down, of peace, of...
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