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Back Window is a series of vignettes about the times in life where I have drawn meaning. It is sometimes heartfelt and often humorous.
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S7E2 Everything in its Time
Send a textTime will have its way. Learn to value every lesson it teaches and everyone it brings into your life.
S7E1 What If the Most Powerful Word...
Send a textIt 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…
S6E8 Seventy-Eight Spins around the Sun
Send a textSeventy-Eight is a lot of Spins. Hopefully I have learned things along the way. Getting old takes a lot of training.
S6E7 Who Were You When You Heard That Song?
Send a textSongs 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.
S6E6 Stop and Smell the Memories
Send a textSomething in our brain catalogs memories by smell. We've all smelled a food or scent or place that transported us to another time.
S6E5 Sometimes You Win
Send a textThroughout 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…
S6E4 When I Cross over Jordan, I Hope it's not a Cloverleaf
Send a textSettle 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…
S6E3 Smoke from a Distant Fire
Send a textA 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.
S6E2 For the Hundredth Time, Tell Your Story!
Send a textEpisode # 100 of Back Window remembers stories and storytellers and reminds you how important your story is.
S6E1 A Small Picture of a New Year
Send a textWe've passed that lost week between Christmas and New Year's Day but what do we do with this New Year?
S5E9 Antlers and a Big Red Nose
Send a textIt'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.
S5E8 Finding My Way Home
Send a textWhat 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…
S5E7 After Changes Upon Changes, We Are More or Less the Same
Send a textThirteen 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…
S5E6 Such Big Hands
Send a textEveryone 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…
S5E5 Roll Me Out of Here...I've Got the Institutional Blues!
Send a textThis 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.
S5E4 Snow Cone Days and Lightning Bug Evenings
Send a textHow will we tell the grandkids about growing up in our time? The joys of being in Elementary school.
S5E3 Class Reunions! Are there any Words more Frightening?
Send a textNothing 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!
S5E2 Save the Last Dance for Me
Send a textNo 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…
S5E1 Old Times and Older Trees
Send a textWhen 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…
S4E14 I Do Love a Parade
Send a textI 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…
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Back Window has published 108 episodes since March 2020, covering topics in History, Personal Journals.
Back Window is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 10m.
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