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April 27, 2024
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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April 20, 2024
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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April 13, 2024
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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April 6, 2024
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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March 30, 2024
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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March 23, 2024
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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March 16, 2024
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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March 9, 2024
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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March 2, 2024
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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February 24, 2024
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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February 17, 2024
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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February 10, 2024
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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February 3, 2024
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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January 27, 2024
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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January 20, 2024
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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January 13, 2024
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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January 6, 2024
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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December 30, 2023
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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December 23, 2023
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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December 16, 2023
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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December 9, 2023
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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December 2, 2023
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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November 25, 2023
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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November 18, 2023
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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November 11, 2023
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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November 4, 2023
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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October 28, 2023
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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October 14, 2023
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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October 7, 2023
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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September 30, 2023
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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September 23, 2023
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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September 16, 2023
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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September 9, 2023
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...
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September 2, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, The newest title from FPR Books has a cover and is shipping in a few weeks. Kayaking with Lambs: Notes from an East Tennessee...
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August 26, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, Classes begin here at Grove City College on Monday, so I've been relishing the last days of summer: one last camping trip in the...
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August 19, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, We have re-opened registration for the fall conference in Madison after securing a larger venue. Plans are shaping up for a Friday...
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August 12, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, We're thrilled to welcome Adam Smith as an associate editor at Front Porch Republic. Adam is an Assistant Professor of Political...
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August 5, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, This fall's conference in Madison is proving quite popular, and we've already filled all the seats we have available in our venue...
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July 29, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, I've been killing Japanese beetles as fast as I can to give my green beans and apple trees a fighting chance. After a recent trip...
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July 22, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, I'm easing my way back into email after being off for a few weeks. It was a needed and quite refreshing time away. I'll resume...
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July 1, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, I'm taking my summer hiatus from the Internet starting today. I need these breaks to clear my head. I'll be back at the end of...
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June 24, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, We spent the past week hiking in and exploring the New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia. It's a beautiful stretch of...
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June 17, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, I'm hanging out this week in Dallas at the conference hosted by the Society for Classical Learning. It's been great to spend a few...
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June 10, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, This week we're grateful to have Natalie Symons, a student at Patrick Henry College, start serving as our editorial intern. Welcome...
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June 3, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, I have two FPR notes to lead off with this week. First, Sarah Soltis, who has served behind the scenes formatting essays for the...
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May 27, 2023
Greetings from the Porch, The last copies of the spring issue of Local Culture hit the mail this week. They should be arriving soon in subscriber mailboxes....
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May 20, 2023
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....
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May 13, 2023
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...
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May 6, 2023
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...
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April 29, 2023
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...
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