News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, It was a delight seeing many old friends and fellow Porchers at our conference last weekend. Thanks to all who came! I share some...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’re getting ready to gather today at Grove City College for our first conference since 2019, when we were in Louisville where...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I’ve been busy with last-minute details for next week’s conference, and things are shaping up for a great gathering. Today’s the...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We had an ice cream social this week for our neighborhood, and it was great to spend an evening hanging out with the people who...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’ve now posted the schedule for the fall conference, which is happening in just three weeks. Registration closes a week before...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, The semester is underway now, and the first week has gone well. We’re also at work on the final details for next month’s...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We've been canning, freezing, drying, and eating all the garden produce we can this week. It's that season of bounty, and the fact...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, One of the interesting local places we've discovered this summer is Bicycle Heaven, the world's largest bicycle museum with nearly...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, This week we took a stroll through the nearby patch of prairie at Jennings Environmental Education Center. It is one of the...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We've been enjoying lots of fresh garden produce--yellow squash, tomatoes, green beans, broccoli, cucumbers. Nothing beats truly...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, It’s peak firefly season here in Pennsylvania, and it’s quite a treat to watch the neighborhood yards turn into a light show each...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We’ve been picking blueberries, eating the squash and tomatoes and green beans from our garden, and enjoying mild summer temps here...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I’m grateful to Sarah Soltis, Doug Sikkema, and Matt Stewart for keeping the lights on at FPR while I enjoyed a month offline. Lots...
News from the Front Porch Republic: Tending and Attending
Greetings from the Porch, As June wanes, the raspberry bushes in our garden are prospering. A friend unexpectedly gifted me with a jar of black raspberry jam...
News from the Front Porch Republic: Practicing Virtuous Forms
Greetings from the Porch, Thanks to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, as well as this past week’s posts at FPR, I’ve been thinking about what virtue in...
News from the Front Porch Republic: How Do We Live in Community?
Greetings from the Porch, Midsummer approaches, and the long light astounds me each evening. To watch the evenings transpire from a literal front porch is,...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, For me, this week held several bonfires, morning walks, and mountainside scrambles mixed among my everyday tasks and work - a good...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Hello from the Porch! If we haven't met, I'm Sarah Soltis, Managing Editor at FPR. I hope to meet or catch up with you in a few months at our fall conference...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, I’m taking the month of June off from email and Internet. FPR remains in good hands for my absence, however, and we have some...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, We haven't had an FPR conference since 2019 when we gathered in Louisville and were joined by Wendell Berry. But plans are shaping...