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Porchlight

Porchlight with Tom Roznowski offers WFIU listeners a weekly invitation to visit the familiar and the forgotten through recorded song, original story, and the occasional everyday expert.

Tamar Kander painting
Canvas
Tom Roznowski
A painting communicates and connects without words, without sound. Just one sense and your feelings.
Catskill Game Farm.
Animals
Tom Roznowski
They'll Do It Every Time
Comics
Tom Roznowski
Carl's Bookstore, Greencastle, PA
Books
Tom Roznowski
The Ogunquit Playhouse.
Act
Tom Roznowski
  • The Horn & Hardart Automat in Times Square.
    Cash Money
    Tom Roznowski
    Cash money rewards conscious action in the moment. You have it. You spend it. Or not.
  • O' Henry Schoolhouse.
    Story
    Tom Roznowski
    More than anything else, story helps us define what is true and what is worth remembering.
  • Greyhound bus terminal and restaurant in Scranton, PA.
    Leap
    Tom Roznowski
    The steps taken immediately before a leap will determine the distance covered.
  • Cattle horn car.
    Past
    Tom Roznowski
    The past has too many witnesses to establish any certainty as to what actually happened.
  • East/West Germany.
    Friends
    Tom Roznowski
    The value of genuine acceptance outside of the family you were born into cannot be underestimated.
  • Bide-A-Wee Cabin.
    Place
    Tom Roznowski
    The significance of place in our lives is both functional and spiritual. Our birthplace, our addresses, our final resting place all help to identify us and tell our story on this earth. Where we are in place also constantly calls upon us to be aware of the present moment.
  • Vintage postcard of a Gary, Indiana glass factory.
    Work
    Tom Roznowski
    I got a few skills and I means to use ‘em.
  • Button Factory, Warsaw, New York
    Wardrobe
    Tom Roznowski
    But can you tell me your hat size?
  • C.G. Conn Musical Instrument Factory in Elkhart, Indiana
    Handmade
    Tom Roznowski
    The handmade in tools, clothing, and crafts: It's not just how these artifacts contribute to our existence but also what is contributed by the act of creating them.
  • Maryland Casualty Building
    Time
    Tom Roznowski
    Time is the most precious resource. We will never have enough. We always waste too much.