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Back Window
by Michael Case Hill
Back Window is a series of vignettes about the times in life where I have drawn meaning. It is sometimes heartfelt and often humorous.
Episodes
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Forests of the Night
Send us Fan Mail Camping in the woods on the edge of Lake Wylie provide a 10 year-old's first lesson in self-reliance.
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That's Not How It Goes
Send us Fan Mail We were 16, it was summer, and the Beach Boys provided the soundtrack. Cherry Road here we come! Oh the things we didn't know.
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Sufficient Unto the Day
Send us Fan Mail A class play in the high school cafetorium, wise words from Big Bob and an affinity for James Taylor are all jumbled together in this episode's thoughts on living day to day.
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Everything in its Time
Send us Fan Mail Time will have its way. Learn to value every lesson it teaches and everyone it brings into your life.
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What If the Most Powerful Word...
Send us Fan Mail It is only two little letters but it contains our hopes and fears and regrets and dreams. The coming of 2026 led me to think about possibilities and this little word is all about possibilities.
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Seventy-Eight Spins around the Sun
Send us Fan Mail Seventy-Eight is a lot of Spins. Hopefully I have learned things along the way. Getting old takes a lot of training.
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Who Were You When You Heard That Song?
Send us Fan Mail Songs have the power to transport us to a place in the past. Whether they make us smile or wince, they often remind us of not only where we were but who we were.
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Stop and Smell the Memories
Send us Fan Mail Something in our brain catalogs memories by smell. We've all smelled a food or scent or place that transported us to another time.
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Sometimes You Win
Send us Fan Mail Throughout our days we glory in our victories and slog gloomily through our defeats. As I get older, I have learned that our view of a winning life changes time and again. A little nostalgia, a little humor and just a dusting of sentimentality.
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When I Cross over Jordan, I Hope it's not a Cloverleaf
Send us Fan Mail Settle down, Buddy. Ain't nobody goin' nowhere! The more we grow, the slower we go. This town is too small for 30,000 0f us. I'll save the rest of the attitude platitudes for the Podcast but you can tell, I'm fed up with traffic.
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Smoke from a Distant Fire
Send us Fan Mail A time when we didn't want to know better and just wanted to look cool. For better or worse, it was a big part of our history.
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For the Hundredth Time, Tell Your Story!
Send us Fan Mail Episode # 100 of Back Window remembers stories and storytellers and reminds you how important your story is.
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A Small Picture of a New Year
Send us Fan Mail We've passed that lost week between Christmas and New Year's Day but what do we do with this New Year?
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Antlers and a Big Red Nose
Send us Fan Mail It's December and that means I can go seasonal again. There is an appearance by Rudolph and eight tiny... Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves. Nostalgia aplenty.
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Finding My Way Home
Send us Fan Mail What makes a place a home? While a house is a building with walls and floors, a home lives in the heart and in memories stored there. In this episode I explore places I have lived and explain what made a few of them home. What images come up in your mind when you hear the word...
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After Changes Upon Changes, We Are More or Less the Same
Send us Fan Mail Thirteen was the tipping point when my interest refocused from bikes and model cars to girls. It was an awkward time, but before you laugh too loud, think about how smoothly you made it through that transition.
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Such Big Hands
Send us Fan Mail Everyone has a story. Actually, everyone has many stories...stories about friends, family and about themselves. Telling these stories lets re-live the events and even share those important times with others.
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Roll Me Out of Here...I've Got the Institutional Blues!
Send us Fan Mail This one's about getting older and about a couple of hospital visits. We've all been there. Don't worry, though, I keep it light.
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Snow Cone Days and Lightning Bug Evenings
Send us Fan Mail How will we tell the grandkids about growing up in our time? The joys of being in Elementary school.
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Class Reunions! Are there any Words more Frightening?
Send us Fan Mail Nothing reminds us of where we are in life like a high school class reunion. Put on your best looking clothes, tuck in that stomach and try to look important. We're going in!
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Save the Last Dance for Me
Send us Fan Mail No matter how much the British make fun of the name, South Carolina loves the shag in all its variations. From the Homecoming dances at the American Legion to the Carolina shores, we danced the night away to the old songs.
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Old Times and Older Trees
Send us Fan Mail When time and the wind took down the big oak at the corner Tom Hall Street and Unity Street, we lost the last remnant of Central School, later named A. O. Jones School. Fort Mill Students from the 1930's into the 1970's walked the halls of the big brick school building.
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I Do Love a Parade
Send us Fan Mail I Do Love a Parade. This episode of Back Window is about some of the memories I have from the past parades. I hope it helps you recall some of your favorite sights and sounds from parades past.
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Walking through the Old Stories
Send us Fan Mail A look back at the paces we've been together. Thanks for coming along!
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Some More Stuff My Dad Said
Send us Fan Mail He was full of good advice, good humor and a joy for life...but then, I am biased.
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Barbecue, Burgers and Fusion, Oh My!
Send us Fan Mail This Episode is all about going out to eat so put on your favorite old shirt and let's go on a culinary visit to our past.
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All Not Ready, Holler "I!"
Send us Fan Mail Growing up as Boomers, our games were simpler, This episode looks at a few of the old standards and what we took from them.
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What the Bandstand Saw
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I sit on the steps of the Bandstand and watch the town grow. There are so many stories that I just might have to make several visits to tell them all. This episode is dedicated to John McCrae, a loyal listener and good friend who we lost to illness recently. There...
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More Food, Foolishness and Filosophy
Send us Fan Mail There's no plates like Home Cooking. Join me for another fat-filled journey through the land of food and memories.
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Sometimes Golf is Just a Game
Send us Fan Mail What's in a Game? Shakespeare didn't say that, but if he had played golf he would have used a few more colorful words.
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The Woods, the Gullies and the Muddy Hills
Send us Fan Mail When we are young, our favorite places take on such significance that even their names are held in our memories. Follow me into the deep woods, along the stream and into a world left behind by the passing years.
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Southern Food: Love and Fatback
Send us Fan Mail One look and you can tell I never miss a meal. I come from good cooking and it is a tough habit to break. If you're not from around here, use this as a guide to enter the world of Southern foods. For those who grew up in the grits and gravy belt...enjoy.
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When Main Street was Mainstream and Amazon was a River
Send us Fan Mail Shopping ain't what it usta was. If you don't believe it, just ask Amazon Prime to take in the waist a little. There was a time, long ago and not very far away when Main Street, Fort Mill, was bustling with shoppers.
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Two Roads Diverged…But I was in the Cornfield
Send us Fan Mail This Episode is all about bad judgement...Mine, of course. We have all ignored that whisper of common sense from time to time. When will I ever learn to stop and listen?
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And Another Year Passes
Send us Fan Mail The new year, 2023, is a chance to make our lives all the things we dream of but as the old year ended, my thoughts went back to other times and the things we miss.
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My Year with Derris
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes life takes you by the hand and pulls you along. This time it took me a hundred miles.
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Christmas and the Kudu that Came from Afar
Send us Fan Mail Jack Frost doesn't have to be nipping at your nose for Christmas to be meaningful. Here in the sunny, mostly, South, we have our own ways, so deck your halls, wrap your presents and hang those memories on your artificial tree.
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What Is That Day Before Black Friday?
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes Thanksgiving gets lost in the shuffle. Let's remember what it is all about. This episode is dedicated to my true and wise friend John who passed away this morning.
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Tales from a Woman in the Waiting Room
Send us Fan Mail The South is full of storytellers and, whether good or bad, family stories are our specialty. They bind us together and set us apart.
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Against the Wind
Send us Fan Mail From paper airplanes to starting a new life, we all take leaps with high hopes and dreams. May the breeze lift you and carry you to all the places you want to go.
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Restoring Our Souls
Send us Fan Mail This episode of Back Window is about some of the places we go to renew our lives and the ways we learn what made us the people we are.
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Kick Out the Stob
Send us Fan Mail Nobody knows who first uttered the phrase, "Tell the Truth and Run!" But I've got my Reebock's on for this one. For just this one episode, I beg your indulgence and try to tell it like it was instead of what we wanted it to be.
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Walking Each Other Home
Send us Fan Mail This episode is about learning to be on our own and about finding out how much other people guide our way.
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Thursday's Children
Send us Fan Mail We never know, from moment to moment, where we will find the inspiration to keep us going. For the Kids, the Parents who taught us all we know.
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Country Ham, Red-Eye Gravy and Whomp Biscuits
Send us Fan Mail This Episode of Back Window is all about the Great Southern Breakfast. I have been a lot of places and seen a lot of sites, but nothing brings me home like this traditional morning feast.
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Musings on Stuckey's, Picnics, and Love
Send us Fan Mail Before Fast Food mushroomed all over, there was Stuckey's or Mama's picnic lunch. If you would love to sit at a roadside picnic table one more time, this Episode might be for you.
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Trains, Planes and Swimming Pools
Send us Fan Mail Springs Park, Lancaster, SC holds lots of memories. From WWII airplanes to an Olympic size swimming pool to live performances, families and campers at Camp Springs were guaranteed a good time.
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How I Got Here, I Don't Know
Send us Fan Mail Isn't it great that life went along so smoothly and now you are right where you planned to be? Well, don't feel bad...as Robert Burns is often quoted as saying, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." Here's to where we eventually arrived.
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Put Me in, Coach...We're Way Ahead
Send us Fan Mail This one's all about coaching...there's success, failure, comedy, drama and I hope a memory or two you can relive.
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Smells Like Town Spirit
Send us Fan Mail This episode is about memories brought back by smells and sights and sounds. I hope it brings back a memory for you too.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Back Window have?
Back Window currently has 111 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Back Window about?
Back Window is a series of vignettes about the times in life where I have drawn meaning. It is sometimes heartfelt and often humorous.
How often does Back Window release new episodes?
Back Window publishes regularly with 111 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
Where can I listen to Back Window?
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Who hosts Back Window?
Back Window is created and hosted by Michael Case Hill.
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