Ezra Speaks: a rustic chronicle

Send us Fan Mail Ezra describes his shed, and confesses his affection for the building.  He then explains how the routine of walking from his shed to his house has contributed to his understanding of life and how it may end. NOTE:  "Ezra Speaks" recently hit the "1,000 downloads" mark.  Thank you, listeners.  "The Shed" is the final episode of this first --- maybe onl...

Send us Fan Mail Ezra responds to a query from a listener who wants to know what he thinks about death and the afterlife.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra reveals that he's been diagnosed with cancer, and that he will refuse treatment. NOTE:  Ezra has been diagnosed with cancer.  The author has not.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra pushes back against those who have criticized his recent commentary on social and political issues.   Author's Note:  I began work on these recordings about three years ago.  The tone of the previous episode, Bats and Vaccine, and this latest episode, Under the Rock, are reflective of Ezra's mood and focus at that time, or even earlier.

Send us Fan Mail Janine is away for the night, looking after the grandchildren, so Ezra has a couple of extra beers, and states his anti-vax position in no uncertain terms. Author's Note:  In the note attached to Episode Ten I made it sound like reconciliation among our country's warring social and political factions was my ultimate objective for this project.  Maybe...ultimately...but t...

Send us Fan Mail Ezra lays out the pros and cons of hound hunting, a method used to control the local coyote population, which is gaining popularity.  This practice has stirred some controversy in Vermont, and Ezra attempts to give both sides their due before finally stating his own position in no uncertain terms. AUTHOR'S NOTE --- I’ve been wrestling with the prospect of this episode’s publi...

Send us Fan Mail Ezra discusses the cause and effects of mud season, an annual weather event in southern Vermont, and attempts to explain why mud season is especially bad this year.* *Actually, snowfall in this region has been plentiful this winter of 2025.  The deep freeze dynamic Ezra talks about in this episode occurred in the winter of 2023.  

Send us Fan Mail Ezra grumbles about the cold January weather, comments on a neighbor's struggle with frozen pipes, then takes apart a marketing strategy for men's pants.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra gets off to a rough start in this episode, listing the things he doesn't like about the Christmas holiday.  But he manages to let that go, and moves on to a memory of himself as a happy, albeit confused, young Christmas caroler.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra shares a few tips on how to prevent wild turkeys from taking over the bird feeder, then offers his view on the cause beneath the growing tension in his family regarding Thanksgiving dinner.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra takes the plunge, and reveals the unpleasant truth about his first marriage.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra expands on his theory that his wife is a prankster, and stumbles into an aspect of his past that he’s not entirely comfortable with.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra addresses a listener who has challenged his claim that he is a Vermonter, and also his taste in music.  Then he finally gets to his Halloween tip, which involves the use of a family pet to guard against ghosts.

Send us Fan Mail Ezra intends to share a Halloween tip with his listeners, but gets sidetracked when he chooses to talk first about an annoying experience he had recently being stuck behind a leaf peeping motorist.  He also comments on his wife's apparent lack of sympathy for his annoyance, which adds to his irritation.  This commentary goes on long enough that Ezra decides to postpone the Ha...

Send us Fan Mail Ezra introduces his program, then offers his commentary on the summer weather in southern Vermont.  He grumbles about the effects of climate change, then gives a detailed account of what happened to him one night during a recent power outage.