Be less frantic & more grounded with a . . .
Hearth & Field
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Quarterly Print Collection + Upgraded Digital + Lovely Gifts
What will I get?
Our gorgeous quarterly print collection — four full-color editions per year. This is a large, beautiful, useful volume: perfect-bound and printed on heavy, silky-white paper. You’ll want to keep it your whole life and collect them all.
What else will I get?
- Extra & upgraded email content — such as helpful essays, exclusive interviews with contributors, poetry, recipes, gardening aids, inflation-fighting tips, et cetera. In other words, it’s like unto our standard (free) newsletter but more so.
- A Hearth & Field mug. A small pottery company in Wisconsin makes hand-thrown mugs for us. We have three beautiful styles to choose from.
- A Hearth & Field leather bookmark. We are procuring four cowhides via a leather craftsman (also in Wisconsin), who is making them into strikingly unique bookmarks, with an H&F monogram, for all subscribers (well, for at least the first four-cowhides’ worth of subscribers) .
Do people like it?
They seem to.
Here are a few things folks have said:
Earthy but not crunchy, honest but not whiny, authentic without being preachy—how did the editors of H&F manage to create a cozy quarterly journal that I actually want in my home — and one that I truly feel is worth the subscription price? . . . Holding — and reading — H&F is a small yet comforting escape to a world where people consider the modern morass of cultural rot, but face it with hope—and blueberry picking. . . .
I’m so glad I subscribed. Last quarter’s issue sits on my coffee table, next to our Sunday missals and Sandra Boynton board books. My 14 reads it and shows me his favorite articles. I drink my morning coffee from the subscriber’s mug. It’s all a blessing. These editors have my thanks.
I have been a Heath & Field reader since its earliest days. I come from a small town and constantly think back to the simpler times. Times when neighbors helped neighbors. Streets and parks were safe, kids played outdoors until dark and all was right with the world.
Reading the articles, recipes and short essays in Hearth & Field helped me to realize that we can go back. [They have] been able to bring out the best in humanity today while drawing on the lessons of the past. Personally it has kept me focused on my dream of creating small affordable communities with a spiritual foundation to give others a chance to discover life’s incredible possibilities.
I cannot put into words how much Heath & Field has meant to me. You would do well to subscribe and see for yourself.
Hearth & Field is a wellspring of thought-provoking articles and art that help me not only escape the world of computer screens, but also reminds me how I hunger for beauty and the wholesome aspects of life. Heart & Field has sparked lively and normative discussions with friends and family, and reminds me that there is an analogue world waiting to be embraced.
The quality of the publication lends a tactile as well as visual delight to the reading experience. I am considering gift subscriptions for my family members. It is wonderful to experience such quality and substance in our day and age.
I felt like a kid at Christmas receiving the best toy ever when my Hearth & Field print magazine arrived. My post office had tempted me for several days saying there was a package on its way to me . . . and then the package finally arrived. Wrapped carefully, it lay on my doorstep just awaiting to go inside and get comfy with me. And get comfy we did. . . . so very much temptation and so many lovely things to read and then read all over again. I tempt guests by leaving my copy out on the ottoman and they lose themselves in it as they scan and ‘ooh and aah’.
Bravo! Well done! Keep up the good work! Thank you for spoiling me with a beautiful print edition in an age of cheap lesser dones.
Hearth & Field is a refreshingly antiquated periodical. It is not flashy, nor is it sensational. It is, however, wonderful. The articles and artwork are timeless, the quality of the actual printed product begs for a long term spot on a bookshelf, and it is wholesome, uplifting, at times funny, and always informative.
When I received my first issue, I felt bad because I wasn't sure that my subscription cost was enough to cover the quality I received. I consider those who write, edit, publish, and print it to be a blessing to my life directly, though I've never met any of them. In short, Hearth & Field is well worth my dollars and my time.
Where do I start? Hearth & Field has proven itself to be a source of rich, intelligent information and perspectives. I find myself staying up long past my bedtime engrossed in an article on the prophetic writings of technocracy from one hundred years ago or finding inspiration for my family's next meal or experiencing fellowship with an author sharing the same struggles that I do in caring for and keeping a home.
But most importantly, Hearth & Field — and its smart, witty, and relatable writers — have given me permission and space to create a life grounded in the peace of reality, whilst surrounded by the hungry, consumption-driven world that waits outside my door. Thank you for creating such a brilliant publication.
My younger son asked me what I was reading a couple of days ago, and I found myself trying to explain to him what Hearth & Field was. I told him it was a periodical about a lot of different things from how to raise chickens to poetry to favorite family recipes. It also includes great essays and thoughts from both contemporary and classic writers like Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, and Willa Cather. In the end, I told him it was about being human. Hearth & Field is full of humanity and how to slow down and enter into that humanity. It reminds me how to be a real human being, a full human being. When I feel my humanity slipping and getting caught up with the myriad distractions of the world, I pick up Hearth & Field and am drawn back to reality.
Having discovered Hearth&Field a few years ago, I immediately found an intellectual home and enjoyed the writing style of [the editor], and the atmosphere and pictures of every issue. . . . .
The first article in the print issue of Heart&Field kept me glued to my seat: “The Prophets of Technocracy” by Ben Reinhard: how he traces “a fundamental sympathy between the technocratic scientist and the diabolist magician” . . . .In the article “The Robot Barons” by Samuel Butterofen, the monopolists are ruthlessly ingesting the wealth of the world . . . I was surprised to learn about the German background of Aldo Leopold in “Integrity & Beauty” by Dr. Jeff Gardner. And now I know what to do “With all this Swiss Chard.”
"I first fell in love with Hearth & Field via the email subscription. It was the only email I would read in its entirety and then patiently await the following months issue. When the print issue became available, I immediately subscribed without hesitation. . . .[M]y inbox is constantly overflowing with the demands of the world and I truly appreciate Hearth & Field's ability to "transport" me and provide nourishment for my very weary mind and soul. . . .
The authors are brilliant, the topics diverse, and the staff are a truly kind and caring group of people.
If you are seeking a periodic escape from the chaos of this world, that includes deep and meaningful words put to paper, subscribe to Hearth & Field."
Do I get anything else?
Yes. You’ll also receive:
- Occasional audio versions of select articles, read by actual human beings.
- A deeper integration into H&F’s splendid community of readers, writers, and editors.
- The unmitigated, intoxicating thrill of knowing you are helping H&F grow and expand its reach.
- Let’s see . . . what else . . . Did we mention the heavy, silky-white paper? Oh, yes it seems we did. It’s very nice.
How much does it cost?
$9.50 per month (or $114 per year). And you don’t have to pay anything until after you’ve received your first issue.
Why should I buy it?
In short, because it will help you be less frantic and more grounded. Which is well worth the price. We can explain in more detail if you want (see below). But first, here’s the super quick-n-easy sign-up form.
(More info below the form, if of interest.)
—Print Premium—
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(or $114 per year)
We just need your mailing info and your first issue will be on its way — no payment till after you get it. You can cancel at any time.
Wait — You didn't ask me for payment information!
- Right, no payment info is needed today. A.K.A. buy now, pay later.
- You’ll be able to pay by credit card or electronic check. We’ll follow up with you later with an invoice and instructions. We trust we can trust you for it.
So, is the free version still available?
Yes. We’ll continue to send our free monthly newsletter and have hundreds of non-paywalled articles freely available on the web.
In that case, I'm happy with the free version. Why should I upgrade?
Because it will . . .
- Ground you deeper in reality. When you read about real life while seeing, smelling, touching, and hearing the rustle of the pages of our beautiful journal, you will experience everything therein with a stronger sense of presence. Take the opportunity to hold Hearth & Field in your hands and connect to it with all your senses. (Except for taste: we don’t recommend tasting our print editions. The recipes are good though.)
- Give you a lasting resource. H&F print issues are designed to be kept over time and built up into a collection, which we hope will be a deep but human-paced resource on the good and grounded life. Something to which you can refer again and again. Something to which you can direct your children. This is not some skim-it-then-scrap-it flimsy little thing — our print collections are made to be kept, offering you a lasting item to consult and treasure. Down with the throwaway culture!
- Pay for itself (in the literal sense of the word) numerous times over. We offer you perspectives, skills, and insights worth vastly more than the cost of entry. You can quickly save enormously more than that by following our articles, implementing what they suggest, embracing home production and alternative economies, and engaging in real, restorative work and leisure as outlined in our pages. You’ll also be more secure and insulated from the winds of inflation, supply train disruption, and other such fragilities.
- Direct you toward a more integrated life in which your work and your leisure and that of other members of your family are less often at odds and more often symbiotic and uniting. Every age, every vocation, every kind of work, and each of the two sexes plays a role in the vision of the good life held by H&F.
- Help you grow in virtue & excellence while resisting perfectionism. We are here to work together to develop greater focus, enjoyment, and connection with our natural world, our families and neighbors, and our God, not to place impossible burdens on ourselves or one another. We write, read, work, play, and discuss with humility, charity, and hope.
- Give you a meaningful role as regards H&F itself. Our special sections and e-mails for paid subscribers bring you into the conversation, asking for your help in refining techniques and recipes, diving further into questions brought up by previous articles and reader comments, and inviting you to participate in curated discussions with our editors and contributors so we can get to know each other better, since we can’t (alas!) just chat with you over the backyard fence. We are herein inviting you to be an active part of the Hearth & Field project.
- Engage you in supporting the broader mission. As mentioned above, we are committed to continuing to make the free components of H&F widely available — this is because there is a core missionary aspect to what we are doing, the sort of thing you cannot charge people for if you want as many people as possible to encounter it. Thus there has never been a cost. And we are ad-free. But we try to pay our writers well, there are many significant expenses in running our operations, and so on; free is not actually free. By becoming a paying Print Premium subscriber you will not only get tremendous value for yourself and your family, you’ll also help us continue the free tier for the wider world.
- Foster authentic joy. These are strange times to be alive — which makes them fairly similar to all previous times. And regardless of the times, the saints within the times seem invariably to be joyful. We do not mean inanely chipper, nor void of tears, nor blithely unaware of the suffering of a broken world (rather the opposite). But we do mean that through it all, the saints are not gloomy, not pessimistic: They are ever taken up in the calm, assuring joy that flows through all creatures who are properly oriented toward creation and its Creator. It is our hope and intent that Hearth & Field might play some small role in regularly reminding us all of that — both readers and writers — reminding us to let ourselves be taken up in this cosmic flow, this joy of the saints. For that is our real business on Earth. Per G.K. Chesterton, “Pessimism is at best an emotional half-holiday; joy is the uproarious labour by which all things live.”
Is there anything more you guys wanted to say?
No, don’t think so. That was already rather wordy. We probably need to get back to work on the next print edition. But we’re happy to answer any questions you may have.
Incidentally, you can cancel any time. And, again, you don’t even have to pay anything yet. We’ve tried to make this absolutely as easy as possible. You have nearly nothing to lose. And think what you can gain. (Okay, we retract the above; apparently there were more things we wanted to say.)
The goal is to live a life of ever-deepening goodness, truth, and beauty — which, happily, means a life that is also steadier, more secure, and very likely less costly. In other words, less frantic and more grounded. Sign up today.
(Alrighty, that’s your cue — take it away. You’re on. It’s all you from here. Go ahead and scroll back up and fill out that super quick-n-easy form now. )
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