By Walt Garlington September 1, 2026: It is interesting that the Lord mystically united Mr Wendell Berry in his death with St Aidan of Lindisfarne, whose Feast Day is the same day that Mr Berry reposed, 31 Aug. Berry is an English-origin surname, and Ireland’s St Aidan was one of the chief early missionaries to the […]

By Elizabeth Condra In elementary school I was friends with a girl whose mother clearly did not like me. Having beef with a fourth grader is wild in any context, but even now I struggle to understand her very apparent dislike of me. My priorities were High School Musical, Rick Riordan books, and homework, in that order. […]

Due to high demand, we have decided to offer a pay-per-view livestream of the 4th Annual Conference taking place on Saturday, September 12, 2026, in Falls of Rough, Kentucky. So, if you just can’t make the big event due to distance, high gas prices, or some other reason, you can still be with us in […]

Wendell Berry (1934 – 2026) By Kentucky Squirrel When I first saw news of the passing of Wendell Berry last night, I wept. I wept for a man whom I had never had the privilege of knowing personally. A man whom, nevertheless, I had to come to know through his words, and through his actions. […]

By Christopher Range Dolly Parton died today in Nashville. She was eighty years old. I am not going to try to tell you who she was to the world. Other people will write that piece, and they will write it well. She sold more records than most of us can imagine, built a theme park […]

By Walt Garlington Southerners, like most folks in the post-Orthodox West, don’t quite know what to make of the Gospel story of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ upon Mt Tabor. While both Roman Catholics and Protestants get some of the technical details right – that Christ was transfigured to prepare the Apostles for the […]