Over 80 - Telling Knick Knacks

Observations about owls.Brief discussion about dressing birds, animals for meals, step-by-step description of an old woman dressing herself.

Good Grief! begins with connections made among Midwesterners and then is descriptive of kids in a family. A story of a young adult climbing a water tower is followed by a discussion of how Midwest connections become important to an occasion. The episode ends with a discussion of living with personal grief.

Author's self description of her background and younger years and gender naming of farm animals

Reaching that certain old age. Life purposes regarding religion and politics. Old age injuries.

A discussion about small town living in the Midwest. How "city folks" perceive small towns, how they think about the Midwest and how new comers can adjust to small towns are featured.

Jane discusses the podcast, a term paper about regional pronunciations, and her playing for church for nearly 70 years. She also describes embarrassing scoldings during church, and the Baptist Church she attended until about the age of 10. She tells a story of a church argument about cleaning up after horses, and pictures her aunts and uncles in church. She finally confesses how she turned in an improperly written term paper.

Sorting through a house full of accumulated stuff. A discussion of critical thinking plus. Looking at the moon.

Some comments on how the year passes, and alternate ways of measuring time.

Looking for Monarch Butterflies and What it is Like Being Old.

1. Being fat and staying fat. Fat moves around with age. 2 A practical joke played on me! 3. Our oldest child, as a baby and toddler. His death as an adult.

A discussion of squirrels and other animals and how, unlike mankind, they do not seem to discriminate against others in the same biological family.

Why I got rid of my Nativity Sets. Voting in the next election

What if dogs were elected to the presidency? A metaphor of a planet and nation run by dogs as the superior being.

Remembering farm animals and various unique experiences with them.

A discussion of science and logic and the relationship of each to instinct, intuition, and/or imagination.

Corn knives, cockleburs, musk thistles are discussed as an introduce to common family names. Nicknames in small communities are recalled.Mistaken lyrics for hymns and popular songs.

A discussion of perceptions of time regarding sleep times, national clock adjustments, time in regard to space, and time travel.

A look at the family life of a specific childhood of a very well loved and slightly, though typically, unusual middle child.

Five little tales about an everyday chore: having to "go." Changing use of language, changing diapers, changing perspective, changing under pressure.

Stories of not-so-perfect direct and indirect ancestors.

Remembering my Dad and how he related to people.

A mostly fun discussion of the way Americans use language.

A serious discussion of our responsibilities within events as they are perceived through cause and effect.

A humorous discussion of "plain language" commercials on TV. A few short stories about a few dogs.

Some considerations about arriving at what other people think is "Old Age." A comparison of an old body to an old car. A story of a turtle crossing a highway.