News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I pulled the taps from the maple trees and ended up with about a gallon and a half of syrup. Not bad for a very amateur operation....
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Despite some wrinkles obtaining paper, the new issue of Local Culture hit the mail this week and should be arriving in subscriber...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We have fresh snow this morning, but our yard and the surrounding woods have been filled by recent arrivals. This week I watched a...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, An update on my maple syrup adventures: my jerry-rigged evaporator setup is inefficient and slow, but the results are delicious. In...
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Greetings from the Porch, We tapped a few maples this week, and the warm weather is making the sap run quickly. Cold sap straight from the tree is quite the...
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Greetings from the Porch, I drove through a torrential rainstorm this week to attend a conference. Sitting around a table with thoughtful people and talking...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been a busy week at FPR, so without further ado, here's what new: In this week's Water Dipper I recommend pieces on...
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Greetings from the Porch, We did something a bit unusual for FPR this week: we published three different review essays responding to one book. But Ross...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been bitterly cold here with several mornings below negative 10 degrees. But the squirrels dig through the snow after their...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been a busy week on the Porch; in case you missed it, we released the cover of the spring issue of Local Culture. It's going...
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Greetings from the Porch, We're on tap for a big snowstorm starting tonight. It should be a good weekend to sit by the fire, drink some tea, and read a book....
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Greetings from the Porch, While we were back in the Northwest for Christmas, Seattle got a nice snowfall. It was a treat to go cross-country skiing with my...
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Greetings from the Porch, Happy New Year–and merry eighth day of Christmas. We’ve had a lot of snow this week in the Pacific Northwest, so it’s been an...
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Greetings from the Porch, Merry Christmas! Russell Arben Fox takes stock of the legacy of Occupy Wall Street 10 years on: “holding up a sign, sitting at a...
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Greetings from the Porch, My first seed catalogue of the season arrived in the mail this week. It’s a peculiar kind of pleasure to thumb through it and dream...
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Greetings from the Porch, The ponds are freezing over, the snow is flying, and the dark comes early these days. At least I have plenty of final essays to...
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Greetings from the Porch, There's no Water Dipper this week, but I've read two books for fun, completed an essay, and begun drafting another. Maybe I need to...
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Greetings from the Porch, We have snow on the ground here in Pennsylvania to mark the beginning of Advent tomorrow. The oaks still have lots of leaves...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week we watched an impressive murmuration fly over our home, land on the oaks and maples and beeches in our backyard, and then...
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Greetings from the Porch, If you’re interested in meeting some other Porchers, do check our 2021 Porches page to see if any gatherings are happening in your...