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Porch Talk Stories of Decency, Common Sense, and Other Endangered Species Cover Image Book Book

Porch Talk Stories of Decency, Common Sense, and Other Endangered Species

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
  • Publisher: San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, [2007]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Porch talk -- A curious obsession -- Charley -- The gig'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 when sitting in meeting -- Contentment -- Camping -- On the road again -- Spring and all it portends -- My history with easter -- The end times.

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Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.

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  • 1 current hold with 13 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Drexel 242 GUL 2007 (Text) 0002203334251 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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