Building a family and a farm and a factory and making something beautiful of the world God gave us. Used to jump out of planes for a living. Writings👇🏻
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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.
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just as I finish the chapter in Farmer Boy about the late harvest, and the harvest moon helping them work late into the evening, that same moon is rising above us tonight, completely hidden by a roaring nor’easter.
a great reminder of how truly not in control we are.
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The nor’easter lashing Nantucket with wind and rain this weekend has uncovered the remains of a shipwreck along the island’s south shore.
The fragment is likely from the 19th century schooner Warren Sawyer, a wooden ship that wrecked near Miacomet Beach on December 22, 1884.
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I get super long laces and put knots at the very end so they don’t come out. same with my taller beans. no issues.
@llbean I had them and got rid of them because you literally have to completely lace and unlace 75% of the laces each time you put them on and take them off. If they turned the top two thirds (like ankle up) of the eyelets/grommets into speed hooks, they would be far more usuable. They are completely impractical as they are currently designed imo.
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just opened both a personal and business checking account at our local community bank.
our local roots grow deeper.
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having most of my adult life been in the army I naturally used USAA, which kind of tracked how I was also constantly living my life. always moving, or prepared to move again. unrooted to place.
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what’s elite about homemade waffles is it uses butter three ways
butter in the batter
butter on the iron
butter on the waffle
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probably worth mentioning that the entire reason we started eating this way was bc of the mere fact that eggs and ground beef, especially including organs, for breakfast and lunch everyday ensures the children and us get all of the most essential nutrients in our diet everyday. whatever else we eat is secondary.
entirely serious, in order:
1. Eat as much red meat and eggs as you can. B12, EPA/DHA and choline deficiency lead to anxiety/nervousness and brain fog. Many people starved of these.
2. Exercise
3. Paradoxically, the only way to have more energy is to do more
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honestly, we make them the same exact way each time. just hand formed with S&P. I think the mere fact they are 80/20 and local grass fed beef with finishing salt helps. we do offer plenty of pickled and fresh sides to accompany the burgers.
How do you make the burgers different throughout the week? Or just simple burgers every day? We have burgers often but not sure I could do it every day
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nearly everyday for years now, my breakfast is eggs, and my lunch is burgers. same for the family. the simplicity is great for expectations, budgeting, and just the flow of the day. multiple ways to spice each up with flavors or sides if need be too. everyone is happy with it.
will we eat this way forever? who knows, but it works for now with our young growing family, and that’s the point to be focused on.
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burgers are formed by hand with ground beef, usually ground with liver, heart, and kidney. cheaper this way, and a little healthier.
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didn’t realize, but I completely glossed over the nutritional aspect of why we eat this way, which was the actual impetus for doing so.
probably worth mentioning that the entire reason we started eating this way was bc of the mere fact that eggs and ground beef, especially including organs, for breakfast and lunch everyday ensures the children and us get all of the most essential nutrients in our diet everyday. whatever else we eat is secondary.
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