HeyJaredThe Quaking Swamp Journal
Commentary, analysis and occasional deep dives, all in the public interest.
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In Memory of ‘The Mad Farmer,’ Wendell Berry (opens the original)
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Wendell Berry recently passed away at the age of 92. His writing has anchored me over the years, and provided inspiration when I needed it most. I'm sad that he's gone -- but what a gift he's left to humanity in his writing: a vision and example for us all of how to live a good life, and how to ethically treat the living world around us—our life support system. He invited us to think about how we can “stand like slow-growing trees on a ruined place”; how to embrace our personal responsibility to
From the Archive: Migrations and Murmurations (opens the original)
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