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The Light in Your Day - a New Take on Winter 17.01.2020 7:42 ↓

How much light do you gain each day in January, over the month? and the next months? 

Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag - A Russian Novel About Your Life 08.01.2020 15:21 ↓

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn What can we learn from the Gulag? About the military, about the body and soul?

A Book for Everyone, Even Nonreaders and Grinches 06.12.2019 24:44 ↓

With special guest Hayley Swinson, writer and editor, on how books help her get into the season.  On receiving books and giving books. 

Giving Thanks in 2019 - Looking Back on Life's Big Questions 28.11.2019 8:24 ↓

A friend in hospice talks about time, love, friendship, and the search for meaning.

TikTok Connect the Dots - the United States and China 21.11.2019 10:31 ↓

 A college freshman and a Vietnamese centenarian on China.  Hong Kong Protests, Confucian Centers, TikTok security.

A View From Above: Army Colonel Ken Mintz on Afghanistan 08.11.2019 26:47 ↓

A true, gritty account of the American Soldier and a child's role, in the longest war in U.S. history.  Visit treehouseletter.com to see photos.

You've tidied up your closet and your house. Why not tidy up your writing? 30.10.2019 14:38 ↓

Thoughts on writing from Dreyer's English and Brandon Royal's Little Red Writing Book.  Get rid of useless words. How many drafts until finished?  Grammar Versus Style and the Big Three Nonrules

Murphy's Law and the Army Ten-Miler 15.10.2019 16:17 ↓

Did you know that Murphy was in the Army? 

On Poetry and Mondegreens and Teenagers 10.10.2019 11:19 ↓

Why memorize poetry and what's a mondegreen? 

The Making of a Myth or Legend - Stephen Siller 03.10.2019 18:47 ↓

Do myths and legends shape the stories we tell? Hear Stephen's story and retrace the steps he took.  A 9-11 memorial.

For the Love of Milk 24.09.2019 18:03 ↓

Sometimes a search for one thing leads to another. Like this Burl Ives folk tune: On a summer's day in the month of May , what was the burly bum singing of? 

A Case for the Personal Letter 16.09.2019 12:35 ↓

In the Digital Age, do letters still matter? What about a dusty box of letters in the basement? 

Suicide and Suffering - Army Veteran and Secular Buddhist on the Four Noble Truths 12.09.2019 9:40 ↓

September is Suicide Prevention Month. Hear a story and learn about the Four Noble Truths.

Whales, Migration, and Back-to-School 03.09.2019 14:45 ↓

What can whales teach us about learning and mastery?

In These Walls 25.08.2019 10:17 ↓

Unexpected summer visitors

Kili at 50 - Episode 3 -Summit Assault and Days 5 & 6 12.08.2019 15:59 ↓

Hiking Kilimanjaro on the Machame Route in Six Days - learn about the final days and Kibo, the volcanic summit

Kili at 50 - Episode 2 - Jambo! Dreadlocks & Day 4 10.08.2019 12:42 ↓

Episode 2 - Hiking Kilimanjaro in the Machame Route, Day 4

Kili at 50 - Episode 1 - Hiking Kilimanjaro on the Machame Route in Six Days 09.08.2019 13:10 ↓

A middle aged account of Kili and more. First episode on Days 1 to 3 and the guides.