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Send us Fan Mail With cooking shows all the rage, I believe we should pay tribute to the audience...the eaters.  This week I dig deep into the covered dish casserole dinners of our past.  I may not have the speed, but when it comes to food, I am a wide receiver.

Send us Fan Mail Let's pretend that summer has warmed our souls and the peaches are ripe.  Let's take a visit to the OLD Peach Stand

Send us Fan Mail Forty miles of rocky river, rented canoes and limited experience make for three lesson-filled days on the Catawba.

Send us Fan Mail On a summer day in 1960, there was only one place to be for a 12 year-old boy. Grab your suit and towel and hop on your bike. We're headed for the swimming pool.

Send us Fan Mail I am proud to be a teacher.  It was my profession and has become my calling in life.  I taught when a Remington Selectric Typewriter was high tech and I helped usher in computers, tablets and wireless.  I thought I had seen it all but my heart bleeds and my spirits soar for teachers in the age of "Hybrid Learning". 

Send us Fan Mail Where do we find hope in this week between the Joy of Christmas and the renewal of a new year?  Maybe this will help.

Send us Fan Mail This episode is full of Joy, Discovery and  Memories.  Christmas in the 1950's was a time of real trees, special friends and surprise visits. It is my great pleasure to offer this story in the hope that it helps you recall a simpler time of innocence and childhood. Merry Christmas, my friends.

Send us Fan Mail As with every family, Thanksgiving with the Hills was always an adventure.  I also try to let you know the things I am grateful for.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode you get to follow small boy me around my territory in the mid 1950s.  Lucky You!

Send us Fan Mail Buying a car, riding a tortoise, holding a snake and riding in the Back- Back all rolled into this adventure.  

Send us Fan Mail A couple of times in my life, things got a little spooky and the Ghostbusters were not yet on call.

Send us Fan Mail "Time is a stream I go a'Fishing in."  In the vein of Henry David Thoreau, this episode is about fishing and life.  I hope you take a little of your time to be out in nature and to practice a little patience with our unsteady world.

Send us Fan Mail After a two week hiatus, this episode looks at growing up with a father who through all his hard work, his Marine Corps training and his life as a family man, was deep down, always a cowboy.

Send us Fan Mail Whether you believe in the supernatural or not, Sometimes it seems to jump up and scare hell out of you.  Anyway, whatever you believe, this is my story and I'm sticking to it.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I explore the milestones of a life restarted.  After this one you will certainly know me better. Beware.

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Back Window should help you understand why I occasionally seem out to lunch during a perfectly normal conversation.  Enjoy.  

Send us Fan Mail A wise person once said "Tell the truth and run away."  Maybe that is what I should do after this one.  It is about my  Mother-in-Law.

Send us Fan Mail This one is dedicated to teachers.  I frustrated you as a student and then joined you in the ranks.  There is no more honorable profession. Bless you all!

Send us Fan Mail  I hope my mother, dark-eyed, dark-skinned and barefoot shines through this episode in all her wondrous ways.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, your narrator begins the inevitable transition from boyhood to, well, more mature interests. Welcome back.  Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I may get a little too dramatic.  I guess that's okay because it is about my adventures in community theater.  Enjoy!  FYI: I am taking a vacation from creating a podcast for next week.  That will give you time to either catch up or at least not feel guilty about scrolling past my post.. 

Send us Fan Mail While I try to keep these narratives warm and humorous, you might want to bundle up for this one.  It is downright chilly!

Send us Fan Mail This episode recalls a friend who moved away, Springmaid Beach and my value as measured in German Short-Haired Pointers.  Enjoy.  Keep me posted so that I know what kind of episodes you like.

Send us Fan Mail With Garth Brooks appearing on the big outdoor screen, this episode is all about the evolution of the Great American Drive-In Movie. From its family oriented beginnings to its less than savory ending, the drive-in movie reflected the society of its time.

Send us Fan Mail If you have ever found yourself completely inept at some new set of skills, Take heart.  I will see your ineptitude and raise you complete incompetence.  I enter the world of construction and escape by the seat of my pants.