Farmers Alamanac
Front Porch Philosophy

Prophecies From the Feed Store Bible

At some point in Appalachian adulthood, you stop checking the weather app and start consulting the Farmer’s Almanac like it’s a sacred text. I don’t remember when this shift happened, but it was subtle. One […]

Hot Summer Day
Front Porch Philosophy

Hot Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry

There are hot days, and then there are the kind of hot days like we had last week that make you question whether the sun has a personal grudge against you. I’m talking about the […]

Front Porch Philosophy

Before Apps, We Had Johnny Wood

Growing up around the Tri‑Cities, you didn’t just watch the weather. You watched Johnny Wood. He was as much a part of our mornings as the smell of coffee drifting through the house or the […]