Greg Cello

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.

I have never woken poorly when woken by sun and song.

@KJP nice!

@gregcello I just got two and one for Harry’s red Ryder 🤟🏻

some of my favorites words to see. also it seems these patriotic leather stock covers were what my Wingmaster and Model 700 were missing all along.

@BobalooBlue 😆

@gregcello It's a Homerun...not a Bunt. 😃

the hens wanted some bunting too.

@gregcello I bunted today.. It was my first time..

bunting spotted.

@hcfountain I think you should.

I think I want to go to Boston in December

nature's stained glass.

@TraditionSarah fair point. Just roll with what nature gives you. I’m used to that for the most part.

@gregcello I don’t even bother caging mine. Some blooms do hit the ground, it is what it is.

I don’t know if I just have the longest peonies ever, but the 18-inch cage has barely helped keep them upright.

@simonsarris good thought. I’ll check to see in the morning.

@gregcello maybe too much nitrogen

@badbake_offgrid @PSH_FARMS

@PSH_FARMS I spy a @gregcello face! (the post refresh button lol)

How your tweet finds me

@live_free_603 House Cello has noted this offering. Will pass it along to the planning committee.

@gregcello House landlord is available for Saturday play dates…

dads, when your kids get together with other kids, instead of looking at them as “play dates” think of it as potentially “forging an alliance with another Family House.”

but also me:

me when a new dad shows up to my house:

@choosewisely76 this is a really good idea, wonder if I can still get away with it without damaging the stems. 🤔

@gregcello I've found it easier some years to drive some stakes in the ground and wrap the whole thing with green twine.

@FAFOFarmsTX really the only chicken coop door one should own.

@Korteacres noted for next year, thank you.

@gregcello There is a cut flower trick of fertilizing with calcium for thick upright stiff stems. Maybe worth looking into.

@BodietheParrot I have some nice bushy ones that do great. This one and another just get super leggy.

@gregcello Leggy! I have some varieties that get super long and others that bush up nicely.

@Post40_ I’m going to have to try this next year.

@gregcello I went with tall tomato cages, it seems to be working. x.com/post40_/status…