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Caol Áit

by Rod Lewis

A journal of Papa Rod’s adventures afforded by the Thin Place of the Farmhouse. Ponderings of people and place.

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Episodes

  1. Keep Moving Forward

    Learning to look back only to make the current moment richer with memories - never to escape to the past.

  2. A Rift in the Timeline

    Papa Rod forgets what he was talking about, and jumps forward in time to admit it.

  3. Becoming

    Pondering that my becoming who I am intended to be is a never ending process, and that I can't do it myself.

  4. Generational Justice

    Pondering some of the ways that different generations perceive the world, and right and wrong.

  5. Don't Lose Your Accent

    Bring your own accent to whatever new things you encounter. The new thing will be enriched by your true self.

  6. La Di Da

    Papa Rod realizes that seizing the day doesn't always mean taking control of it, but sometimes it means to relax and contend in submission to what is given you to do.

  7. Working to Support a Hobby

    Papa Rod ponders how he began mowing to support a guitar hobby, and ended up playing guitar to support a mowing hobby.

  8. A Series of Misfortunes (or A Comedy of Errors)

    Papa Rod encounters relentless obstacles to his plans...

  9. Motivation, Inspiration, and Context

    Papa Rod tries, and fails to verbalize his thoughts about his relationship with music.

  10. Not My Job

    Papa Rod laments being distracted from things that matter more by things that matter less.

  11. Transitioning Life's Seasons

    Papa Rod ponders his last semester of teaching.

  12. O Holy Night (the song)

    Papa Rod rants his unpopular opinion about a very popular song.

  13. Celebrating Walt

    Family and Friends gather in the pasture for a Memorial Farm Party.

  14. Autumn Activity

    Red and Papa Rod enjoy the October blue sky and chill air and explore the woods together.

  15. Mast Year

    The Forest has gone Nuts!

  16. Attentiveness

    Papa Rod grieves like an old man yelling at clouds about the inattentive way we (don't) listen to the ubiquitous music all around us.

  17. The Littles

    Those little children have a lot to teach us grown-ups.

  18. Smell

    Pondering the olfactory, our perception, and the meaning of words.

  19. This Thin Bedroom

    Pondering Adam's gift, the Second Adam's redemption, and the thinness of half a breath.

  20. This Dog, This Moth, This Man

    Another out-of-sequence, forgotten episode - this one from season 5.

  21. Last Rites

    We grieve with those who grieve.

  22. Searching For The Path

    Sometimes finding the path means hacking, and crawling, and sliding. You may even have to blaze some sections yourself.

  23. Real Time

    The young ones in our lives are the compensation for what time has taken from us.

  24. Cooling and Cleansing Rain

    The evening rain takes the edge off the heat of the day, and cleanses the skies.

  25. Dog Days

    Papa Rod, and Red work in the heat, and Papa Rod wonders if he should have adopted a mouser instead of a Coon Hound.

  26. The New Farm Dog Settles In

    Red and Papa Rod get to know one another in a normal day's work.

  27. A Black Walnut and a Red Hound

    Papa Rod adopts a new Farm Friend.

  28. A Few of My Favorite Things

    Papa Rod depends on his Dad to get through the day's work.

  29. Relativity and Diversity

    Looking for the intersections of our commonality in the beauty of our diversity.

  30. Sounds

    Night sounds, day sounds, pleasant sounds, unpleasant sounds. Even silent sounds.

  31. The Playful and The Melancholy

    Pondering the behavior of the critters.

  32. Valuating Work Time and Expertise

    Papa Rod prattles on and on about work done before eventually arriving at some thoughts about the valuation of that work, and of the equipment with which the work is done.

  33. Leave My Corn Chips Alone!

    Papa Rod wages war on the thieving critters.

  34. Examining One's Self

    Papa Rod ponders what it might mean to examine himself before receiving the bread and the wine.

  35. Signs of the Seasons

  36. The Evolution of Families and Humans

    Pondering the way our family roles change as we grow up, and even pondering growing up.

  37. Grieving and Remembering

    Papa Rod grieves the loss of Selah, recounts pleasant memories, and shares gratitude for having family to share the emotions.

  38. Saying Farewell

    Papa Rod bids farewell to his faithful farm dog.

  39. Engaging Our Complete Selves

    Pondering whether we might have come to use only parts of ourselves as we wander through our day to day.

  40. Illuminating

    Pondering campfires again - and other sources of illumination.

  41. Forest Bathing

    Pondering the benefits of hanging out with the trees.

  42. How Many Birds?

    Papa Rod wonders at how many individual birds might be in the yard.

  43. Well Done, Old Man

    Pondering the blessing of a body that is capable of a hard day's work.

  44. Psithorism

    Papa Rod pores over the susurration in his soul, and wonders at whether the trees relate.

  45. Many Hands Make Light Work

    Papa Rod gets some help for the too heavy, and Uncle Scott breaks the John Deere mower!

  46. Breaking Machinery

    Papa Rod is not only good at breaking stick tools - he's also very good at breaking mowers, and tractors, and trucks!

  47. The Playful Old Pup

    Selah and Papa Rod attack the way overgrown grass. Papa Rod ponders the tall grass as a metaphor.

  48. Rising Action, Climax, and Denouement

    Pondering where the Climax is in this story of life.

  49. Spring Break Ends

    Papa Rod and Selah get the last work done before heading back to real life.

  50. I'm Not Going That Way

    Papa Rod and Selah try to get some work done during Spring Break. The Paschal Moon begins.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A journal of Papa Rod’s adventures afforded by the Thin Place of the Farmhouse. Ponderings of people and place.

HOSTED BY

Rod Lewis

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A journal of Papa Rod’s adventures afforded by the Thin Place of the Farmhouse. Ponderings of people and place.

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