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Porch Stories

Jewell Parker Rhodes
Porch Stories Book PDF

Author : Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 145160453X

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Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction Jewell Parker Rhodes is a master of her craft, under-standing how both real and imagined stories can serve as a pathway to enlightenment. Porch Stories is Rhodes's tribute to her beloved grandmother, a real account of the love she received and the lessons she learned. Jewell Parker Rhodes was left in the care of her father and his mother when her own mother abandoned the family. Grandmother Ernestine's house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was home to four other grandchildren as well. And while its crumbling bricks, lack of air-conditioning, and neighborhood rodents meant that life was anything but easy, the family house was filled with love. Everyone on their street knew and loved Grandmother Ernestine; men would tip their hats and children would rush up for a hug any time she was outside. No one loved Grandmother Ernestine more than Jewell, who would pass up a movie with her cousins to sit outside on Ernestine's front stoop and listen to her stories and her words of comfort. Jewell would later move out West to live with her mother and father as they reattempted marriage. But that was a short-lived experience. Before long, she was back in the loving arms of her grandmother, whose wisdom and warmth gave all of her children the tools to overcome the ordinary and extraordinary challenges life brings. Porch Stories, described by Rhodes as "an intergenerational love song," is a loving tribute that is at once candid, courageous, and reverent -- a literary portrait of family love that readers from all walks of life can see in themselves.

Front Porch Stories

Eleanora E. Tate
Front Porch Stories Book PDF

Author : Eleanora E. Tate
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0785725792

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Twelve-year-old Margie and her younger cousin forget their boredom when Margie's father entertains them with stories about people and events in their small Missouri town's past.

Porch Stories

Larry Macon,Larry Macon Jr.
Porch Stories Book PDF

Author : Larry Macon,Larry Macon Jr.
Publisher : St. Paul Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780982796665

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Porch Stories by Larry Macon,Larry Macon Jr. Pdf

Experience a unique and refreshing perspective on the origin and history of the traditional black church, the black family, and the African-American experience in America. Your heart will be blessed and encouraged through these stories passed down from father to son, as well as through the life lessons you will learn from them.

Front Porch Tales

Philip Gulley
Front Porch Tales Book PDF

Author : Philip Gulley
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780061744068

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“Part Mark Twain, part Garrison Keillor, Philip Gulley is a breath of fresh air in an over-sophisticated and often jaded world.” —Gloria Gaither, singer and songwriter Master storyteller Philip Gulley shares tender and hilarious real-life moments that capture the important truths of everyday life. When Philip Gulley began writing newsletter essays for the twelve members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana, he had no idea one of them would find its way to radio commentator Paul Harvey Jr. and be read on the air to twenty-four million people. Fourteen books later, with more than a million books in print, Gulley still entertains as well as inspires from his small-town front porch. “Perhaps more things were resolved on America’s front porches than in any other place, and yet so few are being used today. With this delightful collection of stories, told in a warm and easy style, Philip Gulley invites us to sit again on the front porch—a place of hearth, home, and folks we’ve known.” —Gary Smalley, bestselling author and family relationship expert “The tales Philip Gulley unveils are tender and humorous . . . filled with sudden, unexpected, lump-in-the-throat poignancy.” —Paul Harvey, Jr., American radio broadcaster

Porch Lies

Patricia McKissack
Porch Lies Book PDF

Author : Patricia McKissack
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307559173

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Porch Lies by Patricia McKissack Pdf

Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor–winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm. From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch... to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows... to the ten entertaining tales themselves, here is a worthy successor to McKissack's The Dark Thirty. In "The Best Lie Ever Told," meet Dooley Hunter, a trickster who spins an enormous whopper at the State Liar's contest. In "Aunt Gran and the Outlaws," watch a little old lady slickster outsmart Frank and Jesse James. And in "Cake Norris Lives On," come face to face with a man some folks believe may have died up to twenty-seven different times!

Purple Hair? I Don't Care!

Dianne Young
Purple Hair I Don t Care Book PDF

Author : Dianne Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Infants
ISBN : 0916291553

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Who would want a baby with purple hair? Mrs. Della Ragon, that's who. When poor sighted Dr. Gray tells Della she's pregnant, she receives the news with great enthusiasm. Even when Dr. Gray tells her that there might be something strange about the infant, Della is not flustered in the least. A warm tale of parental love. Full-color illustrations.

A Bear Sat on My Porch Today

Jane Yolen
A Bear Sat on My Porch Today Book PDF

Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452147697

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A Bear Sat on My Porch Today by Jane Yolen Pdf

What to do if a rather insistent bear squats on your porch today? Followed in short order by a shaggy squirrel, a spraying skunk, a playful possum, and a bevy of forest critters large and small? This hilarious cumulative tale of reluctant hospitality and generous inclusivity will leave readers chanting, "OKAY. OKAY! YOU CAN STAY." But watch out! That porch is starting to sway. . . . Jane Yolen's uproarious chant-aloud story is brought to life by Rilla Alexander's dazzling retro-hip illustrations in an exuberant collaboration sure to take its place alongside such cumulative classics as This is the House that Jack Built and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.

Under the Watsons' Porch

Susan Shreve
Under the Watsons Porch Book PDF

Author : Susan Shreve
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307548542

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Under the Watsons' Porch by Susan Shreve Pdf

Twelve-year-old Ellie Tremont is b-o-r-e-d, bored, and she wishes something, anything, would happen. So when 14-year-old Tommy Bowers moves in next door, with his lanky swagger and his troubled past, Ellie knows her summer is about to get interesting. When Tommy suggests they start a camp for the kids on their street under their elderly neighbors’(the Watsons’) porch, Ellie quickly agrees to that, and everything else Tommy suggests. And when Tommy gives her a diamond necklace that he says he bought, she’s suspicious, though smitten. But by the time her parents forbid her from seeing him, she’s given him her heart. Soon, though, Tommy goes too far and even Ellie isn’t sure what to make of him.

Porch Stories

Jewell Parker Rhodes
Porch Stories Book PDF

Author : Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : African American poor families
ISBN : 9780743497114

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Offers a collection of anecdotes, advice, and life lessons that the author's grandmother told her throughout her childhood.

Solomon's Porch

Janet Morris Grimes
Solomon s Porch Book PDF

Author : Janet Morris Grimes
Publisher : Elk Lake Publishing Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1649499752

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Solomon's Porch by Janet Morris Grimes Pdf

Time. Solomon is running out of it. A broken and forgotten man fighting the demons of dementia, he longs for the past when both he and his beloved military town of Ginger Ridge once thrived. When his stooped body collides with the hardened realities of the present, Solomon lies in a coma as an unidentifiable victim of a hit-and-run accident in a faraway city. With nothing to keep him going but flashbacks of relationships from his past, Solomon has no idea what a difference he will make on the future ...

The Porch

Charlie Hailey
The Porch Book PDF

Author : Charlie Hailey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226769950

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The Porch by Charlie Hailey Pdf

"There is something spooky and resonant about liminal places like docks, shorelines, decks, and perhaps most commonly porches. Here, Charlie Hailey meditates on porches in a way that is appropriately thoughtful, affecting, rich, and resonant. Porches, in his hands, become portals onto an endless array of large metaphysical questions: what is it to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and about ourselves, both as individuals and as a species? What are we-and the things we have built-in this world? In a time when questions of what makes society society and what sustains the individual are so paramount, Hailey's meditations are both a tonic and a series of welcome provocations"--

Stories from the Porch

Roger L Guffey
Stories from the Porch Book PDF

Author : Roger L Guffey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1649902611

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The front porch is an integral component of Appalachian homes and the culture of the people who live there. 'Come on up and sit awhile' is an invitation to friends and strangers alike to join the host on the porch where a screen door separates the privacy of the home and the public square. Porches were the antecedents to today's social media. Impersonal cell phone screens have supplanted the friendly rocking chairs and swings where people shared their stories.Women broke beans and peeled apples, men swapped idle chatter while whittling cedar sticks, children read comic books and fairy tales, and dogs basked in the sunlight. People remembered times long past, courted romantic partners, and mourned the passing of friends and family. Traditions were passed between generations on the porch where the problems of the day evaporated in the cool twilight amidst the sirenic calls of whip-poor-wills and screech owls. Stories from the Porch is a collection of narratives that a visitor might hear while enjoying a slice of apple pie and a cold glass of lemonade or a cup of coffee from a stovetop percolator.

Lessons from the Porch

Ed Poole
Lessons from the Porch Book PDF

Author : Ed Poole
Publisher : Lessons for Your Journey, I
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0972074007

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Lessons from the Porchis Ed Poole's thoughtful memoir of life's lessons, which he shares with endearing charm and good-natured heart. The book is a thoughtful journey and an engaging reminiscence.Lessons from the Porchwill allow the reader to consider questions such as: Have you wondered how you arrived at your current stop along your journey? Have you ever asked the question, "What am I supposed to be learning from this experience?" How can I leave this world a bit better than it was when I found it? Although written about his own experience battling depression, the book is meant for anyone embarking on a journey to know themselves and cultivate new friendships. We all have places from which we learn life's lessons. For some it may be sitting beside a meandering stream. For this author, the place to which he returned to understand his journey was the porch that surrounded his house as he grew up. Metaphorically, Poole's porch represents how he either has or has not accepted changes in his life. The dilemma about how and when to leave his porch goes back to his early boyhood when his mom would always say, "Eddie, don't get too close to the edge of the porch, because you might fall off."

On the Porch

W. Chase Peeler
On the Porch Book PDF

Author : W. Chase Peeler
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781477323649

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In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located ten miles from Mexico in one of the remotest corners of the United States, the town had a recording studio before it had a school, a well-stocked grocery store, or even a water utility. Open jam sessions are a daily ritual, and some songwriters make a living from their craft despite being thousands of miles from New York or Nashville. Why does such a tiny and isolated place ring with singing and guitars? Based on more than two years of on-the-ground research, On the Porch tells the story of this small but remarkable community. Chase Peeler invites us into the music, introducing us to a cast of characters as unique as the town itself. He reveals how novices and experts perform together—a rarity in contemporary America. He recounts the devastation brought on by a border closure and describes how music is once again uniting people across the Rio Grande. He considers the impact of gentrification in an off-the-grid paradise, and how this threatens to transform a precarious musical ecosystem. On the Porch is a celebration of human musicality, of the role that music plays and can play in our lives, both in Terlingua and beyond.

The Porch

Charlie Hailey
The Porch Book PDF

Author : Charlie Hailey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780226770017

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Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we’ve entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and ourselves? What do we—and the things we’ve built—mean in this world? In a time when reflections on the nature of society and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie Hailey’s latest book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, The Porch takes us on a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in, hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild. Hailey writes from a modest porch on the Homosassa River in Florida. He sleeps there, studies the tides, listens for osprey and manatee, welcomes shipwrecked visitors, watches shadows on its screens, reckons with climate change, and reflects on his own acclimation to his environment. The profound connections he unearths anchor an armchair exploration of past porches and those of the future, moving from ancient Greece to contemporary Sweden, from the White House roof to the Anthropocene home. In his ruminations, he links up with other porch dwellers including environmentalist Rachel Carson, poet Wendell Berry, writers Eudora Welty and Zora Neale Hurston, philosopher John Dewey, architect Louis Kahn, and photographer Paul Strand. As close as architecture can bring us to nature, the porch is where we can learn to contemplate anew our evolving place in a changing world—a space we need now more than ever. Timeless and timely, Hailey’s book is a dreamy yet deeply passionate meditation on the joy and gravity of sitting on the porch.