Penny Wagers
James Hart
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Simon Greene and External Imagination
My daughter’s got this chart in her classroom.It’s a two-column thing that teaches kids the difference between fiction and non-fiction. According to the chart, fiction is anything that isn’t factual.…
Ireland's First Satire
To commemorate the feast day of the Shamrock Saint, I figured I’d share this story with you. Please do send it to the poets you know if they haven’t heard it already (and may it also serve as a…
Fionn mac Cumhaill and Aillèn Mac Midgna
It was a bad line from the start, that much was obvious. We had been good about setting the raft square into the rapids, but this approach looked bad, this looked dangerous. Expletives started…
Fionn Meets The Tooth
I knew two twins growing up: Hank and Mr. Weatherby.Mr. Weatherby was my high school Computer Applications teacher. He always wore a bowtie, a pocket protector and what can only be described as NASA…
Fionn's Madness and the Nature of Friendship
“Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods,” C.S. Lewis told us. “Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think…
Fionn mac Cumhaill goes to Loughlin
Y’know, I wasn’t going to start this. The plan wasn’t to record and put these on Substack; I was just going to share ‘em at in-person venues here and there. But three things have been nagging on me…
Lacing Back Up
My dad started running just a few years before I did. Living 45 miles away from his job at the planetarium, he was inclined to wake up around 7 o’clock to get me and him out the door by 8.But then he…
The State of Middle Earth
I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.I’m going out to fetch the little…
Ice Giants and the Missing Half
This week’s story is “The Ice Giants,” recorded by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth. This cold snap is really something else, man, I’m telling you. Cailleach Beara ever tightens her icy grip on the…
The Wrath of Winter
Take care you find it's not inside the house where winter hits hardest. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
Black Aggie
Did you know that Grief has a twin? Around here, she does. Some have even sat in her lap. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
The Hunter’s Bowl
All local histories contain curiosities—even when absence tells most of the story. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
My Voyage with Bran
Myths will sometimes walk with you if you invite them along. And sometimes they'll keep pace for reasons of their own. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
Why I’ll Never Use a Keurig
Modern living requires more deliberate lines in the sand if you're not to get swept up by modernity. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
St. George Rides Again
Where does St. George get his courage from? The same place we get our own. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
Ka-ZAM!
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The Legend of Moll Dyer
Was the hand upon the stone ever present? Or rather, did it ever leave? Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
The Awe and the Mystery
There are things that should be explored this season—from the elevated to the everyday. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
Problems on Turtle Island
Our favorite personifications may or may not have turned to specters, but the land has reliably remained the same. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
Invitation
We still have the option to feel our existence, rather than analyze it. We just need to know where to go. Get full access to Penny Wagers at pennywagers.substack.com/subscribe
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Penny Wagers has published 93 episodes since June 2024, covering topics in Drama, Fiction.
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