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Founder Box announcements
MID-JUNE | Founding Members’ summer boxes will begin shipping mid-June!
Online gatherings
JUNE 12 | Friday at 8 am Pacific Time | History of Books of Hours
» For paid subscribers: We’ll be enjoying a live show-and-tell with Sienna Wells, manuscripts specialist at Tom W. Ayling Rare Books & Manuscripts - Sienna will be sharing more about Medieval Books of Hours in their collection, as well as giving us more historical background on these manuscripts!JUNE 22 | Monday at 2 pm Pacific Time | Summer Book Club welcome gathering
» For paid subscribers: Join me as we begin our time in our Summer Book Club selection - A More Beautiful Way to Live!
Fresh Posts & Previous Archives
JUNE 11 | Thursday | St. Barnabas’ Day
» Printables: Cover sheet and resource packetJUNE 24 | Wednesday | Johnsmas
JUNE 29 | Monday | Ss. Peter & Paul
» Printables: Cover page and Book of Hours pages
Also this month:
Hearthstone Bookshelf - first book posted!
» WELCOME
WHAT IS THE CHURCH YEAR?
Whether you’re new to the liturgical year or familiar with it, this post helps to give you a sense of how I’m exploring the Church calendar - informed by agrarian heritage - in my locale and in this online space.ABOUT
Learn a bit more about Hearthstone Fables (and your hostess, Kristin), as well as what to expect as a subscriber or a paid member.
» ALL SUBSCRIBERS
EXPLORE BY SEASON
Sift through posts sorted by month, liturgical season, and natural season.
ARCHIVE
You can access my chronological archive of posts here! One to two posts each month are shared with all subscribers, while additional posts are available to paid and founding members.SUBSCRIBER CHAT
Join in a discussion with subscribers - and keep an eye out for occasional bits of news or announcements popping into the Chat.
» PAID MEMBERS
In addition to exploring the spaces above, you may also want to venture to…
SCRIPTORIUM
This space is filled with all of my printable artwork and resources spanning the Church year, for all ages! Coloring pages, cards, packets for your liturgical living binder, interactive paper scenes, and more are available to help you bring ancient traditions into your modern life and landscape.BOOK CLUB
As a paid member, you can join us for live Zoom discussions (sometimes featuring the authors themselves!) of our seasonal book club selections. Recordings of our gatherings are archived in the Book Club posts, so you can enjoy the replay even if you couldn’t be there live.LITURGICAL LIFE GROUP BEHIND-THE-SCENES
We host a monthly liturgical living group, and you’re invited to join (from afar) through re-caps of our gatherings.MEMBER-ONLY ZOOM DISCUSSIONS & POSTS
Throughout the year, we enjoy a variety of live Zoom chats with special guests who help to illuminate our engagement with the Church year. All of our discussions are recorded, so you can watch archives of these festive discussions!
If you’d like to explore the idea of cultivating a liturgical living group in your own neck of the woods, I’m here to help support you & brainstorm ideas to help it fit your own life and landscape. I can chat with you via email or the Voxer app!
» FOUNDING MEMBERS
Founders can enjoy all of the paid member benefits above, as well as…
SEASONAL FOUNDER BOX
A quarterly box of goods to help support seasonal, local, liturgical living!
As you leave the village, consider these destinations…
SIGNS + SEASONS GUILD
This guild helps to support the efforts of liturgical living folks here on Substack! Featuring a member directory, as well as periodic posts that gather seasonal articles from different authors.SHOP
Though most of my creations are available as printables in the Scriptorium, some are available for sale through Etsy!
Please always feel free to reach out with any questions or thoughts!