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Back Porch

Back Porch is a monthly column with light-hearted stories and topics by Andria Frankfort. Illustrations by James Arturo. Also, see Andria’s weekly blog, Back Porch Table, for recipes.

HAPPY READING

Summer reading 2023: Uplifting reads

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | May 25, 2023
People in this article:
Cindy Burnett, Carin Collins, Steven Rowley, Rachel Linden, Bonnie Garmus, Elissa Davis, Kate Bowler, Jessica Richie, Koshin Paley Ellison, Elissa Epel, Micki Fine Pavlicek
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HERE AND NOW

New year, new thinking

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | November 25, 2020
People in this article:
Gretchen Rubin, Henry Richardson, Lisa Helfman, Sean Fitzpatrick
Holiday celebrations

New traditions or holiday detours?

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | October 27, 2020
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Barbara Burgower Hordern, Leslie Wade, Susan Zeller
KEEPING IT SIMPLE

Love in the time of Covid

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | October 1, 2020
NOT NORMAL

Jake Ryan and our 2020

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | August 27, 2020
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling
LOVING SCHOOL

Classes we’ve loved

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | July 31, 2020
People in this article:
Josh Rassin, Sophia Rassin, Ilse Rassin, Keith Rassin, Robyn Rosenblatt, Ian Rosenblatt, Talia Rosenblatt, Molly Holub, Chanse Holub, Charlie Holub, Caroline Holub, Hannah Loev, Jordan Loev, Marisa Loev, Charlotte Krasner, Amy Krasner

Summer reading: 2020

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | June 30, 2020
People in this article:
Stefanie Trachtenberg, Jacob Trachtenberg, Yaa Gyasi, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kamila Shamsie, Georgia Hunter, Lisa Wingate, Marjan Kamali, Ann Patchett, Charles Belfoure, Elyssa Friedland, Yuval Noah Harari, Mohsin Hamid
quarantine

What do we miss?

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | June 1, 2020
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Tracy Kapiloff, Tina Pyne, Peta Rubenstein, Wendy Burgower, Peggy Haney, Amy Krasner, Sarah Gibbs, Buddy Herz, Nancy Beck, Stuart Hudson, Nicole Gibson, Denise Rashti, Bernie Milstein
TOGETHER TIME

That quarantine mom

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | May 1, 2020
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling
mean girls

Mean girls: Take 2

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | April 1, 2020
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Betsy Rapoport
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY

Coming clean (sort of)

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | March 1, 2020
SIXTH BIRTHDAY, 24 YEARS

Leap year birthdays

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | February 1, 2020
People in this article:
Mickie Strait, Jackson Strait, Bill Strait, Teresa Sisro
Learning to say no

Politely, "No."

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | January 1, 2020
People in this article:
Shonda Rhimes, Andria Frankfort Dilling, Kristin Wong, Mikaela Kiner, Peter Bregman
KINDNESS EVERY DAY

Don't be that customer

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | December 1, 2019
People in this article:
Jo Rogers, Leo Laredo
TIMES ARE CHANGING

Navigating a changing world

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | October 29, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Phyllis Milstein, Bernie Milstein, Lee Mountain, Maryann Tebbe, Harry Rosenthal
Halloween candy

Halloween-candy faves

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | October 1, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Linda Elmer, Wendy Gold, Lisa Sheinbaum, Anita Gaylor, Tevia McLaren, Catharine Faulconer, Joan Stedman, Peggy Haney, Heather Herrold, Ana Schick, Barbara Trautner, Stuart Hudson, J.J. Spedale, Tara Mize, Bridget Wade, Denise Rashti, Nancy Beck
UNPLUGGED

A social media diet

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | September 1, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Elizabeth Barineau, Ali Katz, Lindsay Parmer
MAKING SENSE

A teen-vocab primer for grownups

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | August 1, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling
TIME WELL SPENT

On-the-go podcasts

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | July 1, 2019
People in this article:
Lindy McGee, Tom McGee, Mary Clark Granberry
TIME TO READ

Summer reading list

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | May 24, 2019
People in this article:
Jennifer Grosvenor, Ben Fedorko, Mattie Fedorko
LISTENING

Do parents really want to know everything?

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | May 1, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling
kindness

When kindness wins

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | April 1, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Dena Prasher, Peggy Haney, Linda Elmer
Instagram

Insta-happy

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | March 1, 2019
People in this article:
Tracy Kapiloff, Kitty Rabinow, Wendy Gold, Jordana Roteman, Eden Roteman, Jackie McGreevy, Stuart Rosenberg, Duc Hoang, Marcia Smart
Louisiana

Out-of-the-way Louisiana

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | January 31, 2019
People in this article:
Lisa Ganucheau, Tom Ganucheau
GOOD ENERGY

Let it go

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | January 1, 2019
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Brene Brown, Shawn Achor
Unique and seasonal cocktails

Holiday Cocktails

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | December 1, 2018
People in this article:
Stuart Rosenberg, Jeri Amundsen, Arthur Feldman, Rachel Volz, Kelli Bunch
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Olé

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | November 1, 2018
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Mary Nell Lovett
the salon

Salon insecurities

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | October 1, 2018
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling
social media

The social media spiral

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | September 1, 2018
People in this article:
Andria Frankfort Dilling, Teri Gerber
student drivers

Surviving the permit driver

By Andria Frankfort Dilling | August 1, 2018
People in this article:
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