111.   From the sidewalk, a fieldstone and brick pathway meanders behind a group of crape myrtles and past a circular fountain to a wide front porch.

112.   From their front porches neighbors can keep watch over one another.

113.   Front porches and second-floor balconies give the occupants elevated perches from which to watch the parade of passers-by.

114.   Front porches sag.

115.   Front porches serve a real purpose in American life.

116.   Front porches, neighborhoods, city squares, farm belts, and wild places all have declined as automobiles have advanced.

117.   Gavin and Michelle Langley knew the house was special the moment they stepped onto the gabled front porch.

118.   From its perch at the top of one of the columns on my front porch, its gaze was hard and direct, steady and unwavering.

119.   From modest beginnings in East St. Louis, Ill., Joyner-Kersee began her long-jumping career on the front porch.

120.   Front porches soothe the soul as surely as they shade the stoop.