Stories From The Hiber-nation

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.10, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," parts 2 & 3.Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.9, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "Life Transcendent," "In the Immaculate Conception Church," and "The Old Gentleman with the Lantern," part 1.Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Day 10 of NaPodPoMo -- The crisis continues....Part 1 -- One Leg at a TimeWe really ought to take a second look at celebrities sometimes -- Like Halle Barry, Al Gore, Jim Oberstar -- we might learn something.Part 2 -- MusicIDSL Tune: "A New Face" from "Blue Numbers," out of Minneapolis Minnesota.Part 3 -- Grizzly's Giving PageToday's Project:  "Privacy, Please!" from Mrs. S's classroom at Tigerville Elementary School, in Taylors, South Carolina.And Finally ...What, you expect more?  You darn kids, get off my lawn!IDSL Tune: "A Perfekt 10" from "Ten Dark Years" out of Mankato Minnesota.(By the way, this was my 100th posted Podcast!  Yay me!)

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.8, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," part 4.Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.7, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," parts 2 & 3.Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.6, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "What the Sexton Said," and "Death, The Devil, and Human Kindness," part 1Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.5, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 4 & 5" (the end thereof).Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.4, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "Near Shickshinny, Parts 2 & 3"Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.3, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes:Poem "The Town of American Visions""On Being Entertained One Evening by College Boys"Poem "That Which Men Hail as Kings""Near Shickshinny, Part 1"Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Part 1 -- Canon in DWelcome NaPodPoMoians!  For the record, this fills my slot for 11/3.  Figured I'd do my regular stuff.Part 2 -- Not for BroadcastYes, I am broadcasting, I suppose, not so very New Media-ish of me.  But I'm fine with that.Part 3 -- MusicA little IDSL News: A note I got from Bob Baldwin about Rockon's latest stuff.  Also an IDSL tune: "A Man Again" from The Weables.Part 4 -- Grizzly's Giving PageThe Project "Writing in a Flash!" from Mrs C's classroom, at an undisclosed location in Minnesota.And Finally ...A little bit about the new mechanisms for providing comments, over on the sidebar on the website.  I hope you'll check them out.IDSL Tune:  "A Monk Amok" from "Moon to Monk."  Who, by the way is from Duluth, MN, my home town.  Just noticed that.Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D" as performed by Owen Poteat.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.2, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes the last part of "A Temple Made With Hands."Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 2.1, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East."  Includes "In Lost Jerusalem," and the beginning of "A Temple Made With Hands."Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Part 1 -- SimplicityExplaining how I have simplified the webpage.  Still ugly, though.Part 2 -- Halloween"Halloween is Awsome," from Shawno of the HyperNonsense podcasts.  Pretty awsome, I think.Part 3 -- Grizzly's Giving PageAnother Project from the Giving Page, called "Reading is Essential."Part 4 -- It Doesn't SuckIDSL Tune: "A Lease on Life" from Justin Trautwein.  Very pretty.Part 5 -- StoriesAbout the "Hiber-Nation" feed, and more on Family, and my dreaming of voice-over work, and so on.And Finally ..."You Don't Need an iPod," A Podcasting PSA by Uncle Seth, a band out of Canada.  They asked that I "also please idenfity John C. Havens of the About.com Guide To Podcasting as our co-writer."  Done.Themes: "Hot Swing" intro and "Hammock Fight" outro from Kevin MacLeod.

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? End of Part 1.8 with "With a Rose, for Brunhilde," and "Lady Iron Heels."Part 2 should be along shortly.Music by Kevin MacLeod.

For an entire show, I refrain from Singing to myself, or to you.Part 1 - SpiteMy first impressions of the second Jonny C mystery from Ronnie Blackwell, entitled "Spite."  I bought and downloaded a PDF copy from Lulu.com, read a bit.  No promo yet: so there's a promo for the first book in the series, "Serve It Cold."  (And there's a fake promo I put together for "Spite," with music "Matt's Blues" from Kevin MacLeod.  Was fun to do, but I gotta get a pop filter...)Part 2 - FamilyGot reconnected with the other branch of the Smith family, the children of my uncle Dale Marlin Smith.  Looking forward to meeting them, someday.IDSL Tuneage: "A Gain Again," from Bob Baldwin and Rock On.Part 3 - Grizzly's Giving PageAnother Project I like -- "I Can Do It, I Know I Can!" -- from DonorsChoose.org.Part 4 - The People's ChoiceOut of 220 Shows finally nominated for The People's Choice Podcast Awards, We weren't.  Maybe next year. 

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 1.7 -- "The Old Lady at the Top of the Hill."Music by Kevin MacLeod.

Now with New and Improved, Shorter intro!  (BTW, you could call this "Infinite Diversity II,"  but I haven't talked to TR lately...)Part 1 -- The Charles Best emailDiscussing the Email I got from the founder of DonorsChoose.org."I have a big favor to ask: Would you consider encouraging your readers tovote for us in the AmEx Members Project? ... I hope you'll check out the video for our Members Project entry, which might inspire extra enthusiasm for your giving page in the Blogger Challenge.  ... Here's the link to vote for our entry, "Help 100,000 Children Thrive in the Classroom." Part 2 -- Dot Com Entrepreneur Me I finally own http://grizzlysgrowls.com !! MUSIC: "Shades of Grey" from TR Kelley, off the "Starstruck Enterprise" album. Part 3 -- "Shawno & Grizzly On The Town" A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in my pants.  Showbiz is my life, and the show must go on, now mustn't it? Part 4 -- A little more

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 1.6 -- "Man in the House of Collars" and "Confucius."Music by Kevin MacLeod.

My "twenty-minute show" is a bit over 40, cause I'm a bit over 50.  You do the math.  It's all about Biorhythms.  Watch a lot of TV on Hulu.  Now they follow me on Twitter -- I think they started it.  Also being followed by Barack Obama.  That one I started, but even so.Part 1 - Be Like the BluebirdA stellar -- perhaps, stunning -- a capella performance of the Cole Porter tune from "Anything Goes," sung by me.  HINT:  My nickname is Grizzly, not Pavarotti.Part 2 - Travel?  Travel?Shawno from the "Hyper-Nonsense" podcast nominated my Show for the People's Choice Podcast Awards.  As a Travel Podcast.Part 3 - IDSL: Josh Simmons "A Better Way"Part 4 - Grizzly's Giving PagePart 5 - IDSL: David Mau "A Clouded Mirror"And Finally...A brief commercial for "Zombinc," which is also a promo for Mur Lafferty's "The Takeover" podcast.  Listen carefully; it actually mentions me, if not by name.Finishi

Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity, by Vachel Lindsay. True story.  In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers, reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty."  So, what do you suppose that was like?  Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s & '70s? Part 1.5 -- "The House of the Loom" and "Phidias."Music by Kevin MacLeod.