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Greetings from the Porch, We're a month out from our conference in Waco, TX. We have a few spots left for the farm dinner, so reserve a seat soon if you're...
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Greetings from the Porch, Fall temps have come early to western PA this year, which suits me so long as the frost holds off long enough for my tomatoes and...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's the time of year when we're busy stocking some of summer's bounty away for the winter: freezing corn and peaches, fermenting...
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Greetings from the Porch, The summer seems to be winding down. I attended our faculty retreat this week, which is always a good day but also marks the...
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Greetings from the Porch, There's a lot happening on the porch these days: we have a new FPR podcast (details below), we published the top three essays we...
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Greetings from the Porch, Our washing machine broke this week (not a good thing when there's an infant in the house), and in trying to determine whether or...
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Greetings from the Porch, We won the first game in our church softball league playoffs this week on a walk-off hit. High drama indeed. In this week's Water...
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Greetings from the Porch, After a cool, wet spring, our garden is now nearing the peak of summer's bounty. I see lots of canning and pickling in my near...
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Greetings from the Porch, It was good to be offline for three weeks, read lots of books, and get recalibrated. One week at church, I heard from a visiting...
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Greetings from the Porch, We welcomed a son into our family this week, so I'll be taking the next three weeks off the interwebs. FPR will continue publishing...
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Greetings from the Porch, We got out for some short hikes in two nearby state parks this week, and we also toured Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. It's...
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Greetings from the Porch, Church league softball is in full swing, we're enjoying the first fruits of our garden, and there are many yard and house projects....
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been a busy week around here. You'll notice our brand new website (more on that in my essay linked below). Many thanks to Dan...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've hit a few technical hiccups on the website transition, but it should be happening soon. Stay tuned! In the meantime, don't...
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Greetings from the Porch, A lot has been happening behind the scenes of the FPR website! Sometime in the next few days, you should see our new site. Please...
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Greetings from the Porch, A lot has been happening behind the scenes of the FPR website. Sometime in the next few days, you should see our new site. Please...
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Greetings from the Porch, We have our first round of seeds in the ground, and I'm watching over many starts in our basement. We've had a late spring here,...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've posted the schedule for the fall FPR conference at Baylor and opened registration. We only have 100 tickets available for the...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had cold--low 20s--and snow flurries this week, but peppers and tomatoes and other vegetables are putting out their first...
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Greetings from the Porch, I've spent the past couple of days in Texas, seeing some old friends and giving talks at Baylor and Dallas Baptist University....