News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, It's that wonderful time of the year when we can have fresh salads with spring greens and radishes each night for dinner. Amazing....
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’re in the throes of finals week in my neck of the woods, but I gave a talk this week on ChatGPT hosted by the college’s computer...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, The spring issue of Local Culture is heading to the printer this week. It’s a beautiful issue that will make for a mouth-watering...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Our apple trees and new blueberry bushes are in full bloom, so I’m hoping we don’t get another hard frost. In this week’s Water...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Spring is springing here now, and the redbuds are in their full glory. In this week's Water Dipper I recommend essays about...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I spent the last couple of days in Oklahoma City talking with faculty and students at The Academy, a thriving classical school...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Our radishes and snow peas got delayed by some cold nights, but they are making up for lost time now. I’m looking forward to the...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Even though we had some snow here this week, I know it’s spring because baseball has returned. In this week’s Water Dipper I...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, The spring issue of Local Culture is coming together nicely. If you want to gather with some other FPR readers in your area to...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, This week Plough released the cover for a book I’m co-editing that’s been in the works for a couple years now. It’s been a very...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’re back in snowy Pennsylvania after a few days of hiking around Joshua Tree National Park. The plants and rock formations in the...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We arrived in Santa Barbara in the wake of rain and hail and the midst of strong winds. But the sun came out, and I can see why...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I'm preparing to head to Westmont College for a conference on the liberal arts, so I likely won't have time to compile a Water...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’re beginning to fill out the schedule for our fall gathering in Madison, WI; stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks....
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, This week the group Kittle and Co performed in Grove City. They are talented musicians, and I particularly enjoyed watching Simon...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’re in the grip of a cold spell right now, but my seed order came this week (which made me think of Matt Miller’s delightful...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, It's been a hectic week with the beginning of the semester and work on our house, but it's always a delight to be back in the...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I’m writing from the Rome airport, so I’ll make this brief. It has been, however, a full week of new essays at FPR. Adam Smith...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, Our first week in Italy has been a rich one. Our departure was rather harried, however, because we discovered a burst and leaking...
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Greetings from the Porch, I’m preparing to leave for Italy to spend two weeks with a group of students in Rome and Florence. We’ve been reading Virgil,...