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Greetings from the Porch, The University of Notre Dame Press has once again put together a virtual book table for our fall conference (including a 40% off...
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Greetings from the Porch, There's lots going on these days: school is in full swing, the garden is producing loads of tomatoes and peppers and potatoes and...
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Greetings from the Porch, We still have a few of the free registration slots for students thanks to the generosity of Plough. So if you're a student (or know...
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Greetings from the Porch, For those of you thinking of coming to Grand Rapids this October for the FPR conference, I have two quick notes. First, the block...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've posted the schedule for the October conference in Grand Rapids. In recent years, attendees have asked us to build in a bit...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm not sure how it happened, but the summer seems to be over. Classes begin for us on Monday. I'll miss the more extended time for...
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Greetings from the Porch, Now that we're home, we're enjoying fresh tomatoes, peppers, and more from the garden. All quite delicious. In this week's Water...
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Greetings from the Porch, I had a re-creational time away from the Internet and my normal responsibilities the past few weeks. We got to spend some time with...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've opened up registration for our fall conference on Civility and its Discontents. Ross Douthat will be part of a public...
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Greetings from the Porch, Now that my improved garden fence is keeping the deer at bay, the corn and beans in our garden are shooting up in this spell of...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm getting reports that subscribers are receiving the current issue of Local Culture in their mailboxes. Our printer had some...
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Greetings from the Porch, Plans are coming together for the fall FPR conference. We should have the conference lineup out and registration open in the next...
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Greetings from the Porch, I was in Phoenix last weekend for a high school graduation. It's a strange, sprawling city, but it definitely has some perks: I...
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Greetings from the Porch, The church league softball season has commenced in our area. There isn't really a better way to spend a summer evening than playing...
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Greetings from the Porch, The spring issue of Local Culture has been held up by a backlog at our printer, but it should be mailing out this week or next....
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm in the midst of the end-of-semester grading deluge. It's not my favorite time of year, but despite the challenges, it's always...
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Greetings from the Porch, I believe we've had our last frost here for the year, so my pepper starts and corn seeds are in the garden, and spring chores are...
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Greetings from the Porch, The spring issue of Local Culture is at the printer. You can peruse the table of contents here. Subscribe this weekend if you want...
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Greetings from the Porch, I've been enjoying the stocked trout stream that runs through campus. Catching hatchery-raised trout isn't quite the same as...
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Greetings from the Porch, On Monday we drove over to Ohio to experience the eclipse. It was great to be on the outskirts of a small town festival and to see...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had a lot of rain here this week, and the creeks and rivers are quite high. In other words, the opening day of trout season...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had some logistical challenges to work through, but things are beginning to come together for our fall conference: Ross...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm down in Charlottesville this weekend for a conference, and spring is much further along down here than it is in western PA. The...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been a fun week celebrating FPR's 15th anniversary. For an amateur operation that runs on bubble gum and bailing wire, that's...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's still early March, but I pulled our maple taps last weekend and filtered our syrup. This early spring is making me worried for...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's spring break here at Grove City College, so I got out for one last jaunt in search of steelhead before the warming weather...
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Greetings from the Porch, FPR's student intern Natalie Symons stepped down in recent weeks. She did a great job formatting essays, corresponding with...
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Greetings from the Porch, Last week I had the chance to help a colleague process the meat from a cow he'd raised. The craft of butchering is a high and...
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Greetings from the Porch, This past week I spent a couple of days in Florida speaking at a university in West Palm Beach. It's a strange part of the country,...
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Greetings from the Porch, This week we attended a meeting in town to hear from local organizations trying to prevent a landfill nearby from opening up and...
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Greetings from the Porch, Somehow, even though it's still January and we had stretches of zero degree weather this past week, it seems to be time to tap my...
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Greetings from the Porch, We're in the midst of a lovely winter wonderland here in western PA. Last winter, we never had much snow on the ground, but we were...
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Greetings from the Porch, As our Christmas travels wind to a close, I've had several reminders this week of the far-flung community that Porchers constitute....
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Greetings from the Porch, One of the great gifts of school breaks is the opportunity to do plenty of leisurely reading. I enjoy reading for class or a...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been a busy year at FPR. We had a great conference in Madison with Paul Kingsnorth and many of you Porchers, and we published...
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Greetings from the Porch, We had a good snow this week in western PA to get us in the Christmas spirit. I am taking a break from my weekly Water Dipper...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's finals week here at Grove City, but as I didn't have any finals the first day, I snuck up north to do some steelheading....
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Greetings from the Porch, FPR tends to steer clear of presidential politics. Lots of people obsess about who will occupy the White House, but it doesn't seem...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had days this week where the high temp was in the low 20s and days when it was in the mid 50s. So I'm not sure if winter has...
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Greetings from the Porch, My email inbox is filling up with organizations telling me about special opportunities to get an early start on Giving Tuesday and...
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Greetings from the Porch, As promised, John Murdock has released both of Paul Kingsnorth's conference talks via the Brass Spittoon podcast. Stay tuned for...
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Greetings from the Porch, The leaves are almost all off the oak trees here, but the temperatures still haven't dropped. So this week we took the rowboat out...
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Greetings from the Porch, The video recordings of the conference sessions are now available. We'll be releasing the audio versions on the Brass Spittoon...
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Greetings from the Porch, Thanks to all who joined us in Madison last weekend. We had a really wonderful gathering. You don't have to take my word for it:...
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Greetings from the Porch, The fall issue of Local Culture is heading to the printer. You can read Jason Peters's editorial, peruse the table of contents, and...
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Greetings from the Porch, We escaped being washed away in the floods last week in New York City and made it out to the Met Cloisters. They are a remarkable...
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Greetings from the Porch, We attended our first pig roast of the fall this past weekend. We should have at least one more coming up. This culinary experience...
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Greetings from the Porch, The mornings are brisk here now, and fall is in the air. We're enjoying the first fruits from the two apple trees we planted last...
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Greetings from the Porch, I made some jelly this week from the berries on our black gum tree. It required a lot of honey to make palatable, but the final...
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Greetings from the Porch, We'll be posting the full schedule for the October conference shortly, and if you're hoping to join us, get your ticket now as...