Porch TalkEvoking a time when life revolved around the front porch, where friends gathered, stories were told, and small moments took on larger meaning, in todays hurry up world, Philip Gulleys essays remind us of the world we once sharedand can share again. When Philip Gulley began writing newsletter essays for the members of his Quaker meeting in Indiana, he had no idea one of the essays would find its way to radio commentator Paul Harvey Jr. and be read on

The Barclay

he invents a radically new approach to therapy -- a totally open and honest relationship with a patient that threatens to have devastating results

obstructionism by both the president and Republicans

·        Simply reducing sodium intake by 1

Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families

one of countless rescues he’d made in North Africa and Sicily

“I don’t want to be remembered

William Franklin

Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture

he has no idea how he got there

win the battle against bad behavior—and make your season merry again

First published in the 1950s