9.26.2013

A Lift for My Day: Forgotten Classics in the "What's Hot" iTunes podcasts

Granted, it is featured in the Literature category, a sub-set of the Arts category in podcasts.

Still, it was a decidedly wonderful surprise when I was skimming podcasts to see if some new interesting podcast has begun ... and I saw Forgotten Classics featured. Right in the same special spot as Scott Sigler, Grammar Girl, CraftLit, and The Classic Tales Podcast!

It's funny how little it takes sometimes to put a bright new gloss on the day. Right? A nice little treat along with the fun I've been having looking for a 1930's style science fiction / adventure type story which one of our regular listeners requested, "Something like The Green Girl."

It does keep it all fun, and that is the point after all ... along with doing all I can to tempt people to try some of these forgotten classics which I love.

It also goes to prove one might get noticed even if one is simply doing something for the fun of it. No one ever is going to read Mrs. Appleyard's Year aloud in the hopes of getting noticed. Charming and humorous, yes. Trendy? Not at all.

Thank you to all who keep dropping by to listen and letting me read aloud to you!

9.24.2013

Episode 229: Mrs. Appleyard's Year, June-July

In which it is summer in Vermont so get ready for picnics, July 4th, and new-picked peas.
Episode 229, Mrs. Appleyard's Year, June-July
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Book Information
  • Story rating: G for charm, humor, and 1941 life
  • This story is in the public domain as far as I can ascertain. If I am incorrect in my findings, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
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Uvula Audio - The Lone Ranger Rides

9.14.2013

Episode 228: A Daughter of Rameses


In which, after a large whiskey, Mr. Jorkens tells a tale of a daughter of Rameses.
Episode 228, A Daughter of Rameses
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Book Information
  • Story rating: G for tall tales told in taverns
  • The Travel Tales of Mr. Jorkens by Lord Dunsany is under copyright. This story is shared under the Fair Use Act as an illustration of Lord Dunsany's writing. Views to the contrary, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).

9.04.2013

Episode 227: Mrs. Appleyard's Year, May

In which we drive into the country, consider the elm,and think about baby talk.
Episode 227, Mrs. Appleyard's Year ch. 5 - May
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Book Information
  • Story rating: G for charm, humor, and 1941 life
  • This story is in the public domain as far as I can ascertain. If I am incorrect in my findings, please contact me (my email is in the sidebar).
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I'll Have the Cheeseburger

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