Over 80 - Telling Knick Knacks

Episode #28 Envying Owls 03.01.2026 23:31 ↓

Observations about owls. Brief discussion about dressing birds, animals for meals, step-by-step description of an old woman dressing herself.

Over 80 #27 Good Grief! 22.09.2025 19:05 ↓

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.

Over 80 #26 Barrows, Capons and Steers 29.08.2025 22:38 ↓

Author's self description of her background and younger years and gender naming of farm animals

KnickKnack #25 Four Score 11.07.2025 21:10 ↓

Reaching that certain old age. Life purposes regarding religion and politics. Old age injuries.

KnickKnack #24 Dinky Living 06.05.2025 21:37 ↓

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.

KnickKnack #21 Commitments and Confession 10.03.2025 22:53 ↓

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 i...

Knick Knack #20. Distractions, Requirements, Thoughts 25.01.2025 19:54 ↓

Sorting through a house full of accumulated stuff. A discussion of critical thinking plus. Looking at the moon.

Knick Knack #19. Goodbye Good Riddance 2024 30.12.2024 18:25 ↓

Some comments on how the year passes, and alternate ways of measuring time.

Knick Knack #18. Metamorphosis 30.09.2024 19:51 ↓

Looking for Monarch Butterflies and What it is Like Being Old.

Knick Knack #17. 3 Totally Different Things 10.03.2024 20:33 ↓

1. Being fat and staying fat. Fat moves around with age. 2 A practical joke played on me! 3. Our oldest child, as a baby and toddler. His death as an adult.

Knick Knack #16. Squirrels 08.01.2024 16:34 ↓

A discussion of squirrels and other animals and how, unlike mankind, they do not seem to discriminate against others in the same biological family.

Knick Knack #15. Christmas 2023... and after 24.12.2023 15:33 ↓

Why I got rid of my Nativity Sets. Voting in the next election

Knick Knsvk #13: Caninia 18.11.2023 21:28 ↓

What if dogs were elected to the presidency? A metaphor of a planet and nation run by dogs as the superior being.

Knick Knack #12 11.11.2023 19:48 ↓

Remembering farm animals and various unique experiences with them.

Knick Knack #11 28.10.2023 19:17 ↓

A discussion of science and logic and the relationship of each to instinct, intuition, and/or imagination.

Knick Knack #10. Nicknames and Lyrics 20.10.2023 ↓

Corn knives, cockleburs, musk thistles are discussed as an introduce to common family names.  Nicknames in small communities are recalled. Mistaken lyrics for hymns and popular songs.

Knick Knack #9 Time... and Again 12.10.2023 18:44 ↓

A discussion of perceptions of time regarding sleep times, national clock adjustments, time in regard to space, and time travel.

Knick Knack #8. That Middle Child 03.10.2023 18:12 ↓

A look at the family life of a specific childhood of a very well loved and slightly, though typically, unusual middle child.

Knick Knacks #7. When You Gotta Go... 29.09.2023 19:17 ↓

Five little tales about an everyday chore: having to "go." Changing use of language, changing diapers, changing perspective, changing under pressure.

Knick Knack #6 Ancestors and Kissin' Cousins 20.09.2023 18:25 ↓

Stories of not-so-perfect direct and indirect ancestors.

Knick Knack #5 My Dad Fergie 11.09.2023 18:58 ↓

Remembering my Dad and how he related to people.

Knick Knack #4 From Diverse Toilets to Sucky Fans 05.09.2023 18:03 ↓

A mostly fun discussion of the way Americans use language.