A Primer on Botanical Names
Mr. Tyler Storey You don’t need to know the botanical names of plants to be quite successful with gardening. Many a gardener has happily gardened for decades on end, never knowing the difference between an Acer and an Althaea, and yet never mistaking a maple tree for a hollyhock. But there does often come a […]
The Commune
The Commune Mrs. Gina Loehr I love watching my children walk down the road to visit the neighbors. They buddy up, big ones holding hands with little ones, laughing and talking along the quarter mile trek past the heifer barn, their recently groomed hair now blowing free in the country breeze. I sometimes wonder what […]
The Local Law
The Local Law Mrs. Gina Loehr About a week before Governor Tony Evers shut down Wisconsin, we made our own executive decision: we pulled our kids out of school. At the time, no one had a clue that the entire education system would be closed within a matter of days, much less that it would […]
Jeff and Katie Fuhrmann of Salchert Meats
What do you get when you cross a world champion cheesemaker with a man who knows finance and sales? The successful young owners of Salchert Meats in St. Cloud, Wisconsin: Jeff and Katie Fuhrmann. Their popular little butcher shop, located on Main Street in an area known to the locals as “The Holyland,” has a […]
What’s in a Name
What’s in a Name Mrs. Gina Loehr “Let me ask you all, if it will not be a great pleasure to converse about the country we inhabit, now that we have instituted names as if everything belonged to us?” So spoke Father in Johann David Wyss’ classic novel, Swiss Family Robinson. The tale, as many […]
Non-Homogenized — Musings on Milk and Other Matters
Non-Homogenized Musings on Milk and Other Matters Mrs. Gina Loehr Listen to this article. Read by the author. I’m beginning to think of myself as a milk connoisseur. Some people relish the subtle nuances of coffee drinking, or wine tasting, or beer brewing, but I prefer to spend my beverage-based energy on healthy, delicious, satisfying […]
Subsidiarity, Participation, and the Common Good
Subsidiarity, Participation, and the Common Good Mr. Joe Cady Maria Montessori, the Italian physician and educator responsible for developing the method of instruction that bears her name, once said, “Any unnecessary assistance is a hindrance to development.” While she was speaking primarily within an educational framework, I think the statement rings true within a much […]
Our Locus of Hope
Our Locus of Hope Fr. Kyle Sladek Despite the modern trend of commencing Christmas a few hours after Halloween costumes have been hung up and concluding it abruptly once no more presents can be found under the tree, it is, historically and liturgically speaking, a season that does not start until Christmas Eve and does […]
How to Stop a World War — A Christmas Story
How to Stop a World War A Christmas Story Mr. Matthew Giambrone On Christmas day, five months after World War I began its voracious consumption of Europe, a brief moment of peace broke out. Barring some future reversal of course, it was the world’s final occurrence of grand-scale chivalry in war. It is a well-known […]
Undisturbed
Mrs. Gina Loehr Premium Subscribers Sorry, this feature is only available for H&F Print Premium subscribers. You can sign up here. (If you are already a Print Premium subscriber, be sure to click the authentication link you were sent by email so this won’t happen again.) Our barn collapsed in the winter of 2008. It […]