News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I traveled to the University of Dubuque this week to talk about my new book. Air travel is a pain, but I had several opportunities...
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Greetings from the Porch, Last weekend some students from the college spent the night roasting a pig and several chickens. They then invited the community to...
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Greetings from the Porch, The temperatures have finally dropped here in Pennsylvania this week, and the rains and storms have arrived. Now is a good season...
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Greetings from the Porch, The University of Notre Dame Press has put together a virtual book exhibit for FPR readers. Browse at your own risk: books are 40%...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week, we welcome a new editorial intern to the Porch: Sarah Soltis. Sarah is an English major at Grove City College, and...
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Greetings from the Porch, On Friday afternoon we had the opportunity to gather with a group of Grove City students in a local orchard for cider, baked goods,...
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Greetings from the Porch, Autumn has arrived here in Western PA. The leaves are turning and the cool temps at night are delightful. We’ve added a few more...
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Greetings from the Porch, In the week since we canceled the fall conference, we’ve begun to list some hosts for smaller, local gatherings. Several groups of...
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Greetings from the Porch, We were disappointed to make the difficult decision to call off the fall FPR gathering in Murfreesboro, TN. We will post a list of...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm loving my new two-mile bike commute to campus. Now that the humidity of late summer is finally gone (at least for now), it's an...
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Greetings from the Porch, On Friday evening, as I washed the dishes after wrapping up my first week of teaching at Grove City, I watched a hummingbird feed...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week we announced the keynote speaker for our fall conference and opened up registration. Please make plans to join us in...
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Greetings from the Porch, One of the joys of moving to a new place is discovering its flora and fauna. I'm sure this will be an ongoing process, but we've...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm surrounded by boxes, but we are in our new home. During this time of transition, we've been very blessed by friends and...
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Greetings from the Porch, Moving is a lot of work and not very much fun. I probably won’t get this email sent out next week as we’ll be in transit, but in...
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Greetings from the Porch, There are a lot of mosquitos in Michigan right now. Apparently last summer was relatively dry and many of the eggs never got enough...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've been enjoying wild black raspberries in our morning oatmeal this week. As the Wendell Berry poem I quote below reminds us,...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week we had the opportunity to watch a black-crowned night heron eat a five-inch catfish. It took the bird quite awhile to...
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Greetings from the Porch, We took a brief trip to Chicago this week while our house was being shown to prospective buyers. While there, I learned that the...
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Greetings from the Porch, We found time this week to spend an hour or two in a local strawberry field. The results are delicious. To my palate, it is...