Entries from September 2008 ↓

The first thing I noticed about the American Profile magazine article (July ’08) was the vintage glider and porch furniture in the pictures. The article is entitled “The Front Porch” and is available online at  www.americanprofile.com/article/27639.  If you love porches the way I do, this article’s for you. It covers a lot of territory, but the thing I enjoyed most is the part about the Professional Porch Sitters Union, an organization (I use the word loosely) started by Claude Stephens of Louisville, Kentucky.  Since Claude thought of it, the Union has taken on a life of its own, surprising especially to Claude himself. The motto is “Sit down a spell. That can wait”. There’s a picture of Claude on a front porch sitting on a vintage piecrust glider. Boy, would I love to restore that one! Continue reading →