Daryl’s Back Pages

Send us Fan Mail  Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “The Truth”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.   Here’s a preview: "Well," he said, looking directly at me, almost through me, "when I look up into the sky on an incredible night like this, I think about how everything we believe in is usually 180 degrees from what it seems....

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Like Father, Like Son”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.   Here’s a preview:   "Well, after a few beers, we both thought we were a lot braver than we actually were.” Listen to all episodes on your favorite podcast platform or visit our website at https://darylsbackpages.com Support t...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ People You Don’t Even Know Can Change Your Life Forever ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "When my wife called me and gave me an update on Kyle's condition, she said, "Don't be alarmed, Daryl, because all the nurses are telling me that the doct...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Going Walkabout”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview:  "For as long as I can remember, I have always enjoyed going walkabout, but since there is no Australian Outback in or near West Sacramento my wandering around, trying to avoid work, usually consist of just tak...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “No More McDonald’s Cheeseburgers for Me”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview: "I leaped out into the traffic, raced an old jalopy for the right to be the first one to wheel into the center of the intersection, and then smiled with childlike glee as I came to the s...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “A New Study Shows Women Love Housework”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview: "Boy, Mary, this article is just full of information. For instance, did you know that you can polish chrome with mayonnaise, remove bubble gum with peanut butter, and clean piano keys wit...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Shopping for New Clothes Can be Pure Torture ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "Anyway, over the years, I have found it much easier and less time consuming to simply find one kind of shirt and pants that I like, memorize the size that fits, and every four or...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Mikey's Weekly Bath”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview: "Mikey's bathing routine is always the same. To begin with, he somehow knows when it’s bath time, and he immediately goes off and hides. If he hears me say the word `bath’, his eyes grow wide with...

Send us Fan Mail  Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “A Few Hints on Avoiding ‘the Bowels of Hell’ ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.   Here’s a preview: "Well," I said in Don Juan's defense, "maybe the poor guy just never bumped into the right woman?"    "Daryl, the man bumped into just about every woman in S...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ No Rest for Working Moms ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "The problem is that America has somehow turned into a place where it takes two people working fulltime to raise a family and live a respectable middle class life, and to make that possible, women are...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Stay Out of Your Kids' Love Lives ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "As I fumbled around in the utensils-drawer looking for the right sized spoon, I also observed that although my son was continuing to hold the telephone receiver tightly against his ear,...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Always Wear Your Seatbelt!”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview: "No, Daryl," said my wife, her expression suddenly anything but loving, "I can't seem to find the car registration, but guess what, I did manage to find these!" She thrust a half-...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Christmas During the Great Depression”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.   Here’s a preview:   "I sat there and tried to picture the looks on my kid's faces if they to were to tear into their Christmas packages this year and find oranges, apples and bananas." Listen to all...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ It Really is a Wonderful Life ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "Clarence, George’s guardian angel, who is desperately in need of acquiring his wings, grants George his wish and we begin to see just what a world without George Bailey would have really been li...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Did Your Love for Someone Ever "Bubble" Over?."   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.    Here’s a preview: "It dawned on me that when children reflect back on the lives of their parents, the time frame that comes into play usually begins with their own birth, and more or le...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Remembering Walter - World War I Veteran”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.   Here’s a preview: "I bet you think that everyone in their right mind hates war, don't you, Sonny? Well, you're wrong. If everyone hated it, then we'd stop having them, wouldn't we?"...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Role Reversal Therapy”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview:  "Well," said Woody philosophically, "relationships are a lot like sharks. They either keep moving forward, or they die."  Listen to all episodes on your favorite podcast platform or visit...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Women Would Rather Shop Than Have Sex”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview: "But according to a recent study, given free time `for fun and enjoyment', 52 percent of male `home enthusiasts' prefer working in the yard, gardening and landscaping to having s...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: “My Sunday was right out of a Dickens’ novel,” said my friend. “You know, the best of times, and the worst of times. It started out so nice, with my friend Lynn and I taking a fantastic hike out i...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ How Often Do You Think About Sex? ”.  Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview:  "A friend of mine who apparently thinks I am interested in such things recently emailed me an article about how research scientists at Duke University have found out that it’s really not tru...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Deaf, Blind and Driving ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "Almost two winters ago, with the help of a nameless friend with an extremely poor sense of direction, my poor little 21-year-old Toyota pickup truck found itself (with me at the wheel) up to our elbow...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Writing a Romance Novel”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview: "It says here that a lot of writers are getting rich these days," she said, pointing to the article she was reading. "Do you want to know how they're doing it?"  Listen to all episod...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “ Eddie the Handyman Strikes Again ”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.     Here’s a preview: "Well, to make a long story short, I got Eddie to drive up the next morning and get started on the repairs, only to be called a few hours later at work by my youngest son who said, “Dad, it lo...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Be Very Careful When Selecting a Hero”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.      Here’s a preview:  “I think the real heroes in our lives live much closer to home, and maybe all we really need to do is just spend some time now and then appreciating our loved ones and all the other ordinary p...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for another episode of Daryl’s Back Pages, “Country Western Romance”.   Podcasts with thought-provoking insights about life in around 5 minutes.   Here’s a preview:   "Ma'am, if I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?" Listen to all episodes on your favorite podcast platform or visit our website at https://darylsbackpages.com Support t...