Reflections and Stories Along the Way

Episodes

1. 13

   Slowing Down

   This is Dick Sederquist with my thirteenth audio PODCAST. It’s called “Slowing Down”. You can hear this in my resonant bass voice on my audio PODCAST on your computer and at iTunes at “Reflections and Stories Along the Way”. You can also read it on my BLOG. I’m told I have a radio voice, so…

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   Dec 10, 2015
2. 12

   Floating Down

   This is Dick Sederquist with my 12th audio PODCAST called “Floating Down”. It’s an audio update to a previous written BLOG. No wonder when we look up to the skies, we call it heaven. We owe everything to the heavens from which everything came, the grains of space rock and dust, which accreted to...

   Aug 28, 2015
3. 11

   The Gift

   This is Dick Sederquist with my 119th BLOG and eleventh PODCAST called “The Gift”. You can read the printed version here on my BLOG or listen to the audio version on my PODCAST or at “Reflections and Stories Along the Way” on iTunes. A friend of mine, Frank, recently passed away. I consider him…

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   Jul 11, 2015

   9 min
4. 10

   Walking Softly

   In the opening session of my eight session volunteer motivational prison program “Life Change Discussion Group” I usually read the following essay to set the tone and attitude of our first meeting, to get the guys thinking quiet thoughts. Over the years, I have developed certain strategies, ways…

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   Jun 16, 2015

   7 min
5. 9

   The Magic Box

   This is Dick Sederquist with my ninth podcast. This was my very first piece of fiction. It’s for the child in you, and in us all. When my daughter was small, lying next to her before tucking her in, I would tell a silly little story about her favorite hand puppet and an adventure they had in a...

   May 24, 2015

   9 min
6. 8

   A Night in Dudleytown

   This is Dick Sederquist with my eighth Reflections and Stories Along the Way podcast. I wrote this two-part mystery, a departure from my normal nonfiction writing, a few years ago after a visit to Dudleytown. Unlike television that bombards your senses with a thousand images a minute, the old…

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   Apr 27, 2015

   14 min
7. 7

   Radio Nights

   I grew up in the golden age of radio. On a Sunday evening, you could find an entire family huddled around the radio in rapt and silent attention. I remember looking at the radio listings in the newspaper and wondering if the Red “Skeleton” Program was going to be scary ghost story. My father...

   Apr 9, 2015

   6 min
8. 6

   The Tin Man

   I wrote this story 7 years ago about nine months after successful left knee joint replacement surgery. My son says this was just another step in me becoming the bionic man. Hello there. This is Dick Sederquist with my sixth “Reflections and Stories Along the Way” Podcast. It’s called “ The Tin...

   Mar 26, 2015

   9 min
9. 5

   Walking with Clowns

   I finally got around to making this recording. I had back surgery two weeks ago. My discomfort caused me to procrastinate. It's been hard focusing on any task. Now that I/m feeling better, I’m back again with my fifth “Reflections and Stories Along the Way” PODCAST. This one is called “Walking…

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   Mar 13, 2015

   8 min
10. 4

    Sundial

    This is my fourth “Reflections and Stories Along the Way” Podcast. It’s called “Sundial” a true short story I wrote about ten years ago. It’s about the peace and solace I found after accidentally losing my watch on a wilderness trip with my young son, following the untimely death of my mother…

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    Feb 18, 2015

    5 min
11. 3

    Sisters

    Hello again. This is Dick Sederquist with my third “Reflections and Stories Along the Way” audio Podcast. This story is called “Sisters”. I often read it at my library presentations. It’s a favorite with the ladies, and men too. It’s a little about brotherly, but mostly about sisterly love, the...

    Feb 5, 2015

    6 min
12. 2

    The Dragonfly and the Butterfly

    Hello folks. This is Dick Sederquist again. This is the second of my Podcasts series, “Reflections and Stories Along the Way”. This one is called “The Dragonfly and the Butterfly” a thoughtful short story from my first memoir “Hiking Out”. Let me take you back 70 years. It’s like yesterday. I’ll…

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    Feb 1, 2015

    6 min
13. 1

    Help, I’m a Clone

    This is Dick Sederquist. This is my first of many continuing Podcasts, “Reflections and Stories Along the Way”. It’s called, “Help, I’m a Clone”, a humorous story about what some people see as my resemblance to David Letterman. It's from my second memoir "Inside and Outside". I’ll be back with…

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    Jan 15, 2015

    4 min