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Ep 95Interlude: Vals Venezolano #3

In this musical interlude, guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Vals Venezolano #3 by Antonio Lauro. Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Jul 7, 20232 min

Ep 94#64: Goodnight Earth

A warning, a lament Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Jun 16, 20232 min

Ep 93#63: Yup, it’s spring; Beside themselves

Sprung Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

May 26, 20232 min

Ep 92#62: The melodious silence of woods, The old elation

Sylvan silence, Lost and found Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

May 5, 20232 min

Ep 91Interlude: Campo

In this musical interlude, guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch performs "Campo," by Abel Carlevaro. Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Apr 21, 20233 min

Ep 90#61: Edit, Corvid cleanliness

Editing the weather and an evolutionary oddity Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter

Mar 31, 20233 min

Ep 89#60: Falling down in 5 chapters

Rapid descent Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip

Mar 10, 20233 min

Ep 88#59: How lovely we are in the woods, The wild beauty within

Beauty within us, beauty outside us Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter

Feb 18, 20232 min

Ep 87Interlude: Les Barricades Mysterieuses

Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a piece by F. Couperin. Photo by Peg Hunter

Feb 3, 20233 min

Ep 86#58: January melancholia, Mope

Gloomy weather, gloomy mood Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Jan 13, 20234 min

Ep 85#57: A cold, gray day; My new Swiss Army knife

Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawings by Nina Norgeot and Leona Norgeot

Dec 23, 20224 min

Ep 84#56: Crows with bad writing, The cup is fraught with coffee

Scrawling crows and the unusual use of a word Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter My new book of 25 years of protest and social justice poems, And What Will We Sing?, is available from Kelsaybooks.com or Amazon

Dec 2, 20223 min

Ep 83El Sueño de la Muñequita

Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch performs El Sueño de la Muñequita, by Augustin Barrios. Photo by Peg Hunter

Nov 25, 20222 min

Ep 82#55: So long, Oscar

Farewell to one of our own Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter

Nov 9, 20223 min

Ep 81#54: Turtle pond, We do not identify flowers, Inversion

Pond life, identifying flowers, upsidedown-ness Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Nov 4, 20223 min

Ep 80#53: Inspiration; December 26, 2020

The ideas come and go; from the midst of the pandemic Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Cynthia Bradley

Oct 14, 20223 min

Ep 79#52: Large man, small dog; Unglued

A man's best buddy; pages on the run Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingklip

Sep 23, 20225 min

Ep 78Interlude: Españoleta

More beautiful music from our good friend Phineas Stolyavitch: Españoleta by Gaspar Sanz Drawing by Rupert Peene

Sep 2, 20221 min

Ep 77#51: The blackberries of August

BLACKBERRIES! Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Rupert Peene

Aug 12, 20221 min

Ep 76#50: Lucky stars, Friendly porch lights

Stars and stars Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by NASA

Jul 22, 20223 min

Ep 75#49: Not to be confused with scribbling

A diminutive cartographer goes to work Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Freya Norgeot (poem tr. by David Hinton)

Jul 1, 20222 min

Ep 74Interlude: Allemande

Music composed by Sylvius Leopold Weiss Performed by Phineas Stolyavitch Photo by Peg Hunter

Jun 24, 20223 min

Ep 73#48: Frog music, Screech owls

Critter music Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter

Jun 10, 20223 min

Ep 72On a sweltering afternoon

I wrote this poem yesterday (5/24/22) after learning about the murder of 19 school children and 2 adults in a school in Uvalde, Texas. Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter

May 25, 20221 min

Ep 71#47-Houses, an essay

Sometimes houses are not just houses Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Rupert Peene Order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from finishinglinepress.com

May 20, 20223 min

Ep 70#46: And it’s spring, #2 pencil

Celebrating springtime and pencils Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter Order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from finishinglinepress.com

Apr 29, 20224 min

Ep 69Interlude: Melancholy Galliard

Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Melancholy Galliard by John Downland. Photo by Bix Fullerhooven Order my new book of poems, The Heron Could Be Lost, at finishinglinepress.com

Apr 15, 20223 min

Ep 68#45: The gorilla of what you must do, The shirt

A moment of clarity and a wonderful shirt (NOTE: I'm going to start including poems in this podcast that are not necessarily about aging. I hope you approve.) Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Peg Hunter You can order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, at finishinglinepress.com

Mar 25, 20223 min

Ep 67#44: Existential blues

One way to cope . . . Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven You can order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from finishinglinepress.com

Mar 4, 20222 min

Ep 66#43: Birthday poem

An old man gets older Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Rupert Peene ** You can order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from www.finishinglinepress.com

Feb 11, 20221 min

Ep 65Interlude: Theme from Sunflower

Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Henry Mancini's theme from the film Sunflower. Photo by Peg Hunter

Jan 28, 20223 min

Ep 64#42: Witchy, Daddy longlegs

A couple of memories from boyhood Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Jan 8, 20225 min

Ep 63#41: About me, Summer jobs

A granddaughter speaks the truth; recalling summer jobs Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Rupert Peene

Dec 18, 20213 min

Ep 62#40: Another memorable performance, In touch

An impressive feat and staying connected Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Rupert Peene

Nov 26, 20212 min

Ep 61#39 Ta-da!; Snow geese

When memory visits and a powerful recollection Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Nina Norgeot

Nov 5, 20213 min

Ep 60#38: Joint to joint, In the gloaming

Inspecting the joints, reflections in the gloaming Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip

Oct 15, 20213 min

Ep 59Interlude: Milonga

Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch performs Milonga by Jorge Cardoso. Drawing by Fergus Cilic

Oct 7, 20212 min

Ep 58#37: Reading Tu Fu, Tiny curator

An old, old poet; an inner museum Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Sep 17, 20215 min

Ep 57#36: Listen, A thought of great significance

Imaginative listening and a brilliant idea Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip

Aug 27, 20213 min

Ep 56#35: Local hero, Mockingbird

Kindergarten heroics, a mockingbird of memory Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Drawing by Fergus Cilic

Jul 30, 20215 min

Ep 55Interlude: Los Cuatro Generales

Phineas Stolyavitch performs a Republican song from the Spanish Civil War, based on "Los Cuatro Muleros" by Federico Garcia Lorca. (Arr. P. Stolyavitch)

Jul 17, 20211 min

Ep 54#34: You may see me in a boulder, On a hot, bright February afternoon

Where to find me, and retired turtles Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip

Jun 26, 20212 min

Ep 53#33: Forgetting, Bedridden

A troubling lapse, a day in bed Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Jun 4, 20213 min

Ep 52#32: The Dumpty kid

An update on an old friend from nursery rhyme days Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip

May 14, 20213 min

Ep 51Interlude: Pausa Para Meditacao

Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a piece by Anibal Augusto Sardinha ("Garoto") Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Apr 30, 20212 min

Ep 50#31: Dust, Grasshopper days

Remembering the dead, remembering long-ago summers Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley "Petal Portrait" by Nina and Leona Norgeot

Apr 16, 20213 min

Ep 49#30: Jigsaw, Goodbye Ulaanbaatar

Working a puzzle, revising plans Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip

Mar 26, 20213 min

Ep 48#29: Drugstore

A little pharmaceutical nostalgia Prose by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Bix Fullerhooven

Mar 5, 20214 min

Ep 47Interlude: Waltz

In this musical interlude, classical guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a lovely waltz by A. Harris. Photo by Bix Fullerhooven (You can order my new book, At the Driveway Guitar Sale: Poems on Aging, Memory, Mortality, from mainstreetragbookstore.com)

Feb 20, 20211 min

Ep 46#28: The good creek

Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip You can order my new book, At the Driveway Guitar Sale, from mainstreetragbookstore.com

Jan 29, 20216 min