Hortus Scriptorius

Simple Tools

Even for complex projects

May 13, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

April 2024

Time and Tide

Wait for no man.

Apr 22, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

Speak Softly and Carry Nothing in Your Hands [Garden Memory Feb. 24, 2023]

Restraint is Half the Battle

Apr 15, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

Whoops

A book, a poem, a concert.

Apr 8, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

On Being an Ass

Chesterton’s “The Donkey” and April Fools’ Day

Apr 1, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

March 2024

Home Stories

A Doll Name Jesus.

Mar 25, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

Reading and Weeding

Husbandry at its best — or at least at my best.

Mar 18, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

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Practice Makes Perfect

Ignore talent, develop craft

Mar 8, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

February 2024

The Humanities Die in Silence

“Learn to labor and to wait”

Feb 23, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

Blessed Beyond Measure

A tree, a son, a book.

Feb 9, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

January 2024

Chivalry [Garden Memory Aug. 18, 2023]

“Thou wert the meekest man that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.”

Jan 26, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff

New Year – But for 2023

Our first retrospective of the New Year is last year's New Year.

Jan 12, 2024 • 

Judd Baroff