Displaying 1 of 1 2007 Format: Book Author: Gulley, Philip. Title: Porch talk : stories of decency, common sense, and other endangered species / Philip Gulley. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, ©2007. Description: 170 pages ; 20 cm 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. Subjects: Gulley, Philip -- Anecdotes. Christian life -- Anecdotes. Christian life -- Quaker authors. Genre: Anecdotes. Contents: 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. Web Site: Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2007017980 ISBN: 0060736585 9780060736583 Other Number: 124074790 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 809755 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 242 Gulley Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
