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Chris Hardie

Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, raise sheep and cattle on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he is a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

Latest Contributed Stories

The Beaver Leaguers baseball team from Hegg, Wisconsin. The man standing on the left is the writer's dad, Bob Hardie. The third player to the right from him (the tall kid) is the writer's brother, Kevin. (Courtesy of Chris Hardie)

August 9, 2022

The shot heard ‘round the farm: Dad’s baseball is a goner

Remember the classic scene in “The Sandlot?” When Smalls hits a homer into the neighbor’s yard...and it turns out the baseball he swiped to do this was signed by Babe ...

Chris Hardie, left, Robert Hardie, middle, and Ross Hardie, right, in 2010 on the Hardie family farm. (Courtesy of Chris Hardie)

November 18, 2021

The Last Hunting Season

Every year, Chris Hardie and his father sat together in the cold November woods on opening day of the gun deer hunting season. When his father’s health began to decline, ...

The woodpile next to the furnace never seems big enough. (Courtesy of Chris Hardie)

March 17, 2020

Woodpile Envy And The Never-Ending Task Of Staying Warm

For those of you who use a wood burning stove to heat your home during the winter, you understand the never-ending task of keeping wood burning and your pile stacked. ...

Fergus, writer Chris Hardie's Scottish Blackface ram. (Photo courtesy of Chris Hardie)

January 16, 2019

The Full Moon Faux Pas

The super blood wolf moon is coming! While this sounds creepy, it’s actually just a close-up lunar eclipse that turns the moon red from the Earth’s shadow. As people prepare ...