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Naming Buildings 21.07.2024 9:34 ↓

Pawpaw comes up to help Papa Rod fix the overhead door on Hazel's Garage, and subsequently misremembers the names of sheds and outbuildings.

My New Gravely!!! Part 2 14.07.2024 11:29 ↓

Papa Rod sits still in the morning breeze and ponders his participation in place, and spends the evening thinking on the heritage of his new Gravely, and adding it to his participation in place.  

A New Gravely! Part 1 06.07.2024 7:14 ↓

Papa Rod temporarily replaces Man's Best Friend with Man's Best Machine.

The Prayer Garden Begins 30.06.2024 8:31 ↓

Man and Dog put their paw prints on what will become The Prayer Garden.

Beginning Reclamation 22.06.2024 11:42 ↓

Papa Rod begins the caretaking of Aunt Hazel's and Uncle Milford's Homestead.  

Beauty and Wisdom 18.06.2024 7:52 ↓

Pondering the slowness of beauty and wisdom, and wondering if they might actually be the same thing.  

Fireflies and Falling Stars 09.06.2024 8:43 ↓

Pondering the ways that we sort out the mysteries.  

The Orchard 02.06.2024 8:10 ↓

Pondering how reality for the storyteller is merely imagination for the listener/reader, and how reality for the storyteller can lead to imagination of what's to come.

Resolve and Resolution 26.05.2024 7:25 ↓

Pondering the enormous amount of resolve and submission required to deal with the tough bits in life.  

24-Hour Symphony 19.05.2024 10:13 ↓

Pondering respect and mutual submission, and basking in the several movements of the constant music of nature.

Lonely ol' Night 11.05.2024 13:59 ↓

Papa Rod ponders how songs can understand us, and help us understand one another.  He also ponders the healthy, healing realization that he is unimportant.  

Lonesome Empathy 03.05.2024 10:42 ↓

Triggered by the call of the midnight train, Papa Rod ponders the depth of loneliness felt and expressed by Whippoorwills, falling stars, train whistles, Autumn Robins, the moon, and Hank Williams.  We do well to learn to feel what others around us are feeling.  

By the Light of the Moon 27.04.2024 12:36 ↓

Papa Rod ponders a night of dreaming, a day of exploring, and the evidence of things unseen.

Back to the Farm 20.04.2024 9:11 ↓

pondering peace without clarity while riding in the chilly dark, bent on making it home.

Campfire 13.04.2024 13:24 ↓

The blessings of a campfire.

Wisconsin 06.04.2024 10:28 ↓

Around the top of the lake.  Papa Rod ponders that the quiet to which we escape the din is actually the urban din for all the creatures who live there.

Becoming 01.04.2024 7:21 ↓

Papa Rod, standing on the shore of Lake Michigan, realizes that he is two old in the process of becoming who he is.  

Conversations 23.03.2024 12:20 ↓

Season 5, Episode 4, in which Papa Rod converses at length with folks along the route.

The End of the Song 17.03.2024 7:27 ↓

Papa Rod listens to the sounds of the evening until the song ends.

The Cycle of Silence and Song 08.03.2024 6:56 ↓

Papa Rod aspires to the peaceful habits of the Wood Thrushes and their friends.  

The Return to the Farm 02.03.2024 8:48 ↓

Papa Rod readies the bike while riding north, and arrives at the Farmhouse safe and sound as the sun prepares to set.

The Song Leader 24.02.2024 10:04 ↓

Papa Rod ponders the passing of a formative character.  

A Ride to the Rivers 17.02.2024 8:29 ↓

Papa Rod recounts his week, and ponders the art of moving forward despite obstacles and setbacks.  

The Cruel World 10.02.2024 7:02 ↓

Papa Rod observes the cruelty in world, but remembers the promise of the future.  

Oh, That's Bad! No,That's Good! 04.02.2024 18:03 ↓

Perceiving, processing, and interpreting challenging things in our lives.