News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, The news of Wendell Berry’s death this week has hit Porchers hard. We’ll be running tributes to him in the days to come, but...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Omar Drissi has been FPR's editorial intern for most of this year, and he's been a big help keeping the website running smoothly....
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, The Russell Kirk Center is hosting a conference on September 26 in Grand Rapids, MI. Jeff Polet and several friends of the Porch...
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Greetings, We're looking forward to gathering with many Porchers this October 9 and 10 in Indianapolis to encourage each other in our efforts to cultivate...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, One of our neighbors is hosting a gathering at their home this afternoon. There will be food, drink, swimming, and plenty of...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, The second issue of Gift showed up in my mailbox this week. The publisher and editor of this print magazine retired from tech to...
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Greetings from the Porch, Most of the blueberry blossoms in our area got zapped by a late frost. That's been a disappointment, but now that we're coming into...
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Greetings from the Porch, Joseph Orso is doing a book tour this fall and winter for his forthcoming FPR book, On the Threshold of Worlds: Tending My Father...
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Greetings from the Porch, It was a blessing to be away from the online world for a few weeks. One of those days, my brother and I set out early to try to...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Next week I'll be logging off the internet for a few weeks per my normal yearly rhythm. FPR will continue publishing new essays in...
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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...