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Greetings from the Porch, I spent most of this week at a gathering to discuss liberal arts education hosted by Kansas Wesleyan University. A highlight was...
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Greetings from the Porch, We got out on our local lake for the first time this year and caught a mess of bluegill for dinner. They may not be the most...
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Greetings from the Porch, We made a foray to the eastern part of Pennsylvania this week. One of the highlights for me was visiting the Mercer Museum, which...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had a cold wet May, but I hope that, as of this week, the last freeze of the spring is behind us. All my tomatoes and peppers...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's graduation weekend, which means a flurry of activities and saying goodbyes to students who have become friends over the past...
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Greetings from the Porch, Last week Mary Eberstadt was on campus to give a talk, and I learned about her fascinating project "Remembering Upstate New York,"...
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Greetings from the Porch, The spring issue of Local Culture is off to the printer. If you want a copy to show up in your mailbox, subscribe in the next week....
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Greetings from the Porch, Details are coming together nicely for our fall conference in Indianapolis. Make plans to join us if you're able, and if you know...
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Greetings from the Porch, FPR Books has a new title out, and we published an excerpt from it Monday. Will Hoyt's Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas probes the...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had a very wet spell and that's made the ground too muddy to work, but a sunnier stretch is forecast for this week, so I'm...
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Greetings from the Porch, This weekend is the opening day of trout season for youth. It's also 24 degrees. We will be out regardless. In this week's Water...
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Greetings from the Porch, The weather has been shifting from rain to snow and back to rain, but our peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, and cabbage and coming up...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week I finished the first draft of my book on AI and a creaturely anthropology. I'm sure it will go through substantial...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week I started my first batch of garden vegetables in the basement and boiled off the last batch of this year's maple syrup....
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Greetings from the Porch, I've spent the past couple of days at Baylor for a conference on AI. It's been encouraging to talk with some very thoughtful people...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've now posted initial details for our fall conference. Make plans to join us in a beautiful venue in Indianapolis and hear from...
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Greetings from the Porch, Earlier this week I went ice fishing. Today I plan to tap our maple trees. We seem to be at a turn of the seasons. In this week's...
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Greetings from the Porch, I've been hearing from many subscribers of Local Culture who are enjoying the most recent issue on work and leisure. In this week's...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week, Nina Tarpley wrapped up her time serving as our managing editor. She also drew the icons for the sections on our website...
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Greetings from the Porch, Despite the cold, my environmental ethics class met outside one day this week. We gathered next to the creek, which is mostly iced...