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Porch talk : stories of decency, common sense, and other endangered species / Philip Gulley.

Gulley, Philip. (Author).

Summary:

A nostalgic collection of personal anecdotes reflects on a time when porch-centered lives enabled greater family and community connections, remembering such simple pleasures as lemonade, chirping crickets, and bonding with a pet dog.

Record details

ISBN: 0060736585
ISBN: 9780060736583
Physical Description: 170 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : HarperOne, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Porch talk -- A curious obsession -- Charley -- The jig's up -- Call me coach -- Pond life -- The slow life -- You get what you pay for -- The compact -- The tornado -- The state of housing -- Better late than never! -- Exercise and other dirty words -- My conflicted life -- Too many friends -- Professional thinkers -- Zipper -- The writing life -- My wife, the scofflaw -- The death of freedom -- Simplicity -- The natural order of things -- A growing problem -- Things I ponder while sitting in meeting -- Contentment -- Camping -- On the road again -- Spring and all it portends -- My history with Easter -- The end times.