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Tables of Contents for Front Porch Tales
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Part I: Folks I've Known
13
50
Growing Roots
17
3
The Front Porch Classroom
20
4
When the Tree Went Crashing
24
3
Expectation
27
4
Doc Foster
31
4
The Paper Route
35
4
Streams in the Desert
39
3
My Grandma, the Saint
42
3
My Grandpa, the Enigma
45
3
Ruby and the Rain Crow
48
4
My Friend Jim and Why I Don't Like Him
52
3
Tim
55
4
The Wizard of Is
59
4
Part II: Hearth and Home
63
52
Why My Wife Bought Handcuffs
67
3
Family Vacations
70
3
A Family Tradition
73
3
``Patches''
76
3
Right Hearts
79
4
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
83
3
Handyman Blues
86
3
Advice Givers
89
3
The Second Child
92
3
Presents and Presence
95
3
My Cup Runneth Over, and So Does My Toilet
98
3
Guys
101
3
Family Life and Other Reasons Jesus Never Married
104
4
Confessions
108
4
Life's Too Short
112
3
Part III: Observations
115
The Kitchen Table
118
Television
122
Vocation
126
Tasting Tears
130
Liberty
134
Stuff
137
Where I Stand
141
The Dog Who Wouldn't Die
144
Soul Tending
148
Seeking and Finding
152
Exercise
156
Misery to Joy
160
Taking Inventory
163
Hardware Heaven
167
Family Values
171