Substacks recommended by Hadden Turner

Recommended by Hadden Turner

The Convivial Society

By L. M. Sacasas

Thinking about technology, society, and the good life.

One of the best writers on technology I know of.

- Hadden Turner

West of 98

By James M. Decker

Writing, living, and community-building from a rural place beyond the 98th Meridian

James Decker is a mayor of Stamford, Texas and writes with passion about rural places and localism.

- Hadden Turner

The Village Green

By Hadden Turner

Explorations into the British countryside and its heritage - with a few poems, nature writing, and other ramblings thrown in too.

My other publication showcasing the beauty of Britain.

- Hadden Turner

Pilgrims in the Machine

By Peco

being human in an age of change

A Habitation

By Matt Miller

Essays from my permaculture garden, toward the life of the world to come I no longer actively write here after Substack's transformation into a social media platform. Find me where short-form video can trouble us no more at https://buttondown.com/matthew

Letters From the Country Mouse

By Holly

Essays on place, tradition, and the agrarian life. Rooted in a love of story and informed by Reformed confessionalism, these writings explore what it means to build lasting communities, steward the land well, and reclaim a way of living that nurtures home

Agrarian writing at its finest

- Hadden Turner

School of the Unconformed

By Ruth Gaskovski

Practical guidance for navigating daily life in the Machine Age.

Ruth's writing on technology is exceptional and highly thought provoking.

- Hadden Turner

Chris’s Substack

By Chris Smaje

My personal Substack

Chris is one of the best agrarian thinkers out there.

- Hadden Turner

Walking With Wendell

By Kenny Asher

Learning from Wendell Berry, a teacher for troubled times and hopeful souls.

Kenny's aims and writing are very similar to my own. He attempts to apply principles from Wendell Berry's writings to other areas of life - and he does a good job at doing so.

- Hadden Turner

Garden Earth - Beyond sustainability

By Gunnar Rundgren

A blog about the future of the planet. Ecology, Environment, Development and Economy are put together and looked at critically.

Gunnar's writing is some of the best agricultural systems analysis I have read.

- Hadden Turner

Mad Farmer

By Brett Gallagher

Notes from a farmer in a narrow valley near Prague.

Full of deep reflection and lighthearted humour, Brett's writing is some of the best agrarian work out there.

- Hadden Turner

John Lewis-Stempel

Short reads on Nature and History.

The Craft of Memory

By Ronald Johnson

How to memorize texts verbatim through the classical art of memory

Imprints

By Rebecca

tracing the goodness

Beautiful and profound reflections on living the ordinary and faithful Christian life.

- Hadden Turner

The Abbey of Misrule

By Paul Kingsnorth

Do not be conformed to this world

Second to Wendell Berry, (who doesn't write on substack - or on computers for that matter!)) Paul's writing has been the most formative influence on my thought and writing. His essays are phenomenal.

- Hadden Turner

THE ROSE FIRE

By Paul J. Pastor (The Rose Fire)

Wild Wisdom, Beauty, and the Good of Souls

Paul's poems are incredibly rich and incredibly beautiful. So too are his thoughts about our relationship to the natural world.

- Hadden Turner

Flat Caps and Fatalism

By FFatalism

From Yorkshire