Episodes

  • Episode #28 Envying Owls

    Episode #28 Envying Owls
    Jan 3 2026
    Observations about owls.Brief discussion about dressing birds, animals for meals, step-by-step description of an old woman dressing herself.
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    24 mins
  • Over 80 #27 Good Grief!

    Over 80 #27 Good Grief!
    Sep 22 2025
    Good Grief! begins with connections made among Midwesterners and then is descriptive of kids in a family. A story of a young adult climbing a water tower is followed by a discussion of how Midwest connections become important to an occasion. The episode ends with a discussion of living with personal grief.
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    19 mins
  • Over 80 #26 Barrows, Capons and Steers

    Over 80 #26 Barrows, Capons and Steers
    Aug 29 2025
    Author's self description of her background and younger years and gender naming of farm animals
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    23 mins
  • KnickKnack #25 Four Score

    KnickKnack #25 Four Score
    Jul 11 2025
    Reaching that certain old age. Life purposes regarding religion and politics. Old age injuries.
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    21 mins
  • KnickKnack #24 Dinky Living

    KnickKnack #24 Dinky Living
    May 6 2025
    A discussion about small town living in the Midwest. How "city folks" perceive small towns, how they think about the Midwest and how new comers can adjust to small towns are featured.
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    22 mins
  • #23 People You Don't Really Know

    #23 People You Don't Really Know
    Apr 14 2025
    19 mins
  • KnickKnack #22 Mushy March

    KnickKnack #22 Mushy March
    Mar 14 2025
    20 mins
  • KnickKnack #21 Commitments and Confession

    KnickKnack #21 Commitments and Confession
    Mar 10 2025
    Jane discusses the podcast, a term paper about regional pronunciations, and her playing for church for nearly 70 years. She also describes embarrassing scoldings during church, and the Baptist Church she attended until about the age of 10. She tells a story of a church argument about cleaning up after horses, and pictures her aunts and uncles in church. She finally confesses how she turned in an improperly written term paper.
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    23 mins