The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 20/08/2025It’s no secret that I’m not a Trump fan but I’m sincerely disturbed that he believes he can work his way into heaven. Shame on the charlatans that clamor around him for proximity to power. I truly hope someone shares the gospel w/ him. Think what changing that 1 heart would do. 4150
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Happy 91st Birthday to America’s greatest living writer, Wendell Berry! May he continue putting pencil to paper! 0170
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 04/08/2025lennywellswords.com/2025/06/26/t...lennywellswords.comThe Best Night of My LifeBack in the spring of 1994, I was 23 years old, about to graduate from college. I already had plans for graduate school in the fall. Life was wide open before me, but it didn’t feel like it. My mot… 060
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 04/08/2025FYI: Authoritarian dictators stay in power an avg of 13 yrs but many hold on longer. Several factors affect the longevity of oppression, including ability to maintain control, manage elections, incentives provided to key supporters, succession plans, etc. Thank you for your attention to this matter 0152
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 29/06/2025A Sabbath Poem by Wendell Berry —This one goes out to everybody who fought for our public lands and let their voices be heard by those in power 15115
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The chances of land this close to Grand Teton and Yellowstone NP being used for “affordable housing” are absolutely 0. Largest public land grab in modern U.S. history w/no hearings, debate, or public input. Future playgrounds of the mega wealthy. Tell your Congressional reps/Senators to stop it. 34523
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 14/06/2025m.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RR...m.youtube.comGood Tree / The Hillbilly ThomistsYouTube video by DominicanaVideo 151
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 13/06/2025lennywellswords.com/2025/05/29/w...lennywellswords.comWhy I Am Not Going To Mow My Orchards Until JuneI was bouncing slowly along on the tractor beneath sun dappled shade on a May morning, killing weeds in a narrow strip along the base of pecan trees that marched in succession across the land. A br… 171
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Giving serious thought to one of these. But, a question for multi-instrumentalists—if you play the guitar and take up the mandolin, don’t the different chord shapes and positions between the 2 get confusing? 010
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 13/06/2025I know there’s a lot of other stuff going on right now but they’re at it again. Don’t let them take it. Protests and crying into the void won’t really help. Do the boring thing. The only effective thing. Contact your Senators and reps in Congress. www.backcountryhunters.org/take_action#...backcountryhunters.orgTake ActionBackcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife. 060
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Stop the back-door deal to sell off our public lands www.backcountryhunters.org/take_action#...backcountryhunters.orgTake ActionBackcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife. 04113
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 02/05/2025🧵 Tues night I had 1 of the best nights of my life. Long story so I made it a thread. I’ve been a huge @pearljam.com fan since ‘91/92 when most everybody else was and have remained a big fan since. If you’re not a music fan don’t bother reading. You won’t get it. If you are, read on… 3243
Reposted by The Orchard KeeperMichael Hunter @mikelark.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Today, in “keep on doing”: short story by Wendell Berry is selected for the 2025 O. Henry Best Short Fiction anthology. Here's a link, @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social: lithub.com/the-stackpol...lithub.com“The Stackpole Legend”Once in time, as Art Rowanberry would put it, a boy, the only child of a couple advanced in years, entered the world in the neighborhood of Port William, to be distinguished after his second day by… 261
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Purple vetch blooming in the orchard today 0210
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 23/04/2025We don’t need a “Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias”. Those of us who call ourselves Christian simply need to do a better job of living by the teachings of Jesus Christ. Seems to me that would do more to eradicate anti-Christian bias than anything. 4221
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 20/04/2025A Sabbath Poem by Wendell Berry w/ illustration 0246
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Folks, its National Pecan Day and dad-gummit, what better way to celebrate than doing your health and taste buds a favor by ordering some of these beauties at the website below limestonecreekpecans.com 3174
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Spotted a covey of quail in the orchard. Made my day. A sign of healthy land. Spring orchards full of clover, grasses, vetch, wild radish, etc. make great nesting/brood habitat for them, especially if additional cover is nearby 3260
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 28/03/2025“ Some say we search for meaning in natural patterns because we want to find it there. Fair enough. But, sometimes we find meaning just the same. And maybe finding meaning is the whole point.” lennywellswords.com/2025/03/27/o...lennywellswords.comOn The Meaning of Nature’s Patterns and Orchard Design“Everyone wishes a measure of mystery in their life that they have done nothing in particular to deserve.”—-Jim Harrison How much do you think we, as human beings, really know or are capable … 1142
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Lovely afternoon at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia with spring springing 1251
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Here’s some of that non-park, “under-utilized” Federal land they want to place “affordable” housing on to line the pockets of the wealthy few. As it is, you can go there and experience this for free. It belongs to you. Don’t let them take it. 14712
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Why propose building “affordable” housing on public land that has no amenities, jobs, or resources to support a significant human population when there are already rural towns throughout the nation that are drying up and undergoing a population exodus? 2232
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Made a new acquaintance in my travels today 090
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I hate to even put these 2 POS on my timeline. Most of these “underutilized Federal Lands” were fed lands since originally coming under US control and were returned to the federal government when after 1862 Homeatead act, homesteaders realized these lands weren’t made for human habitation. 1347
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The pecan trees declare spring is here. I hope they’re not wrong. 1302
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Redbud and red maple adding some early spring color over Limestone Creek. The land is waking up in the SE Coastal Plain. 2634
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Read the grumblings of an old man here: lennywellswords.com/2025/03/06/a...lennywellswords.comA Question of LimitsI have always been a relatively slow employer of new technology. I innately resist change so I am sure my words here will carry a hint of bias. They may even sound like the grumblings of an old man… 083
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 03/03/2025My life wouldn’t change 1 bit if Crypto/Bitcoin, etc just went away & no longer existed. I doubt most of yours would either. But the loss of services by NOAA, NWS, NIH, CDC, USDA, NPS, NFS, USFWS, etc have serious implications. That’s a hell of a priority difference right there. 04214
The Orchard Keeper @theorchardkeeper.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Enjoyed my favorite late winter/early spring activity today -burning pine land. Nothing like the sweetly pungent smell of fat-lighter stumps burning. 1141