News from the Front Porch Republic
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...
News from the Front Porch Republic
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...