Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs: Stories and short humor

Episode 245: Picking daisies on the moon

Hi folks! This is our final episode before taking an extended leave of absence. Thank you for...

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Episode 244: The scenic route across the ocean

I was hanging around down by the waterfront the other day ... keeping an eye on the harbor seals....

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Episode 243: Scenes from under the dome

Here is another short poem for the kids: It's summer inside of my snow globe ...

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Episode 242: Biscuits and gravy and the end of the world

It started out as a biscuits and gravy kind of a morning down at Elmer's Cafe ...

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Episode 241: Eyes in the forest

This week's episode is an ever so slightly spooky song about an old growth forest, a crooked...

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Episode 240: An autumn trip to the old oak grove

Here is a poem for the younger folks: Have you ever been to the old oak grove, When the autumn...

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Episode 239: Jimmy Fingerbutton and the Wishy-Warsher(™)

My friend Jimy Fingerbutton once invented a new kind of dishwarsher. At least, I thought it was...

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Episode 238: Summer, winter, spring, and fall

Here's a little ditty about how we make the seasons, and why sometimes they get just a tiny bit...

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Episode 237: The birch bark canoe

You know the seasons are turning when you wake up with frost in your beard ...

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Episode 236: Barnabas Tunukai Pepper McBluvin

This bit of nonsense verse is inspired by the Maori hangi - a traditional method of cooking which...

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Episode 235: Why you never see xyloferns anymore

Every day I find something new out here on Wild Side. Something I've never seen before....

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Episode 234: The apple song

Here's a little song about apple season: I planted an apple in the springtime / I wanted an...

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Episode 233: The tale of Abner and the bathtub

I was poking around out on Wild Side the other day, keeping an eye out for blue shade trees ...

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Episode 232: The tale of Leewana and the magic kite

This may be my best poem yet: "Far away, out beyond the Great Desert of Proom, Where the wind...

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Episode 231: The quiet bunny people folk

I once met an old-timer who lives out beyond the Wandering Hills, out there in the shadow of...

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Episode 230: The county fair song

Here's a little ditty in honor of county fair season ...

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Episode 229: The tale of Abner and the slow-moving summer day

This morning I was in the second-hand store, looking at all the second hands ... when a lady said...

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Episode 228: The World Championships of Everything!

Good morning everybody, this is Bill Melater, coming to you live from the beautiful city of Upper...

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Episode 227: Bill O'Sale and the rise of climatic realism

My friend Bill O'Sale just opened a new retail store down at the corner of High Street and Low...

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Episode 226: The May bee song

The May bees were buzzing in April / The May bees are heard in July / The May bees will buzz in...

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