Hi folks! This is our final episode before taking an extended leave of absence. Thank you for listening! We will be back with more poems, songs, and short humor at a later date. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this bit of nonsense verse

Episode 244: The scenic route across the ocean

Nov 30th, 2016 6m 55s

I was hanging around down by the waterfront the other day ... keeping an eye on the harbor seals. Sometimes they leak, you know ...

Episode 243: Scenes from under the dome

Nov 23rd, 2016 39s

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

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

Nov 16th, 2016 6m 38s

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

Episode 241: Eyes in the forest

Nov 9th, 2016 1m 25s

This week's episode is an ever so slightly spooky song about an old growth forest, a crooked beak, and a pair of yellow eyes ...

Episode 240: An autumn trip to the old oak grove

Nov 2nd, 2016 3m 41s

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

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

Oct 26th, 2016 5m 13s

My friend Jimy Fingerbutton once invented a new kind of dishwarsher. At least, I thought it was a dishwarsher. It looked just like an old-fashoned dishwarsher ...

Episode 238: Summer, winter, spring, and fall

Oct 19th, 2016 1m 32s

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

Episode 237: The birch bark canoe

Oct 12th, 2016 3m 37s

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

Episode 236: Barnabas Tunukai Pepper McBluvin

Oct 5th, 2016 46s

This bit of nonsense verse is inspired by the Maori hangi - a traditional method of cooking which is still very popular in New Zealand and elsewhere ...

Episode 235: Why you never see xyloferns anymore

Sep 28th, 2016 4m 33s

Every day I find something new out here on Wild Side. Something I've never seen before. Something that makes me say to myself, “slow down! Stop being so observant! You don't want to be one of those folks that goes around saying 'now I've se

Episode 234: The apple song

Sep 21st, 2016 1m 45s

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

Episode 233: The tale of Abner and the bathtub

Sep 14th, 2016 6m

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

Episode 232: The tale of Leewana and the magic kite

Sep 8th, 2016 5m 51s

This may be my best poem yet: "Far away, out beyond the Great Desert of Proom, Where the wind sweeps across the sharp sand like a broom ..."

Episode 231: The quiet bunny people folk

Aug 31st, 2016 4m 48s

I once met an old-timer who lives out beyond the Wandering Hills, out there in the shadow of Gusty Ridge. The old-timer's name is Dale Hill. Dale broke his jaw 30 years ago and it never did set right, so now he talks with a limp ...

Episode 230: The county fair song

Aug 24th, 2016 1m 30s

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

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

Aug 17th, 2016 5m 23s

This morning I was in the second-hand store, looking at all the second hands ... when a lady said to me, she said “beautiful day, isn't it?” I said “yes ma'am. What we have here is a genuine, slow-moving summer day!” ...

Episode 228: The World Championships of Everything!

Aug 10th, 2016 3m 9s

Good morning everybody, this is Bill Melater, coming to you live from the beautiful city of Upper Case – Capitol of the Kingdom of Wonderstan and this year's home of the World Championships of Everything! ...

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

Aug 3rd, 2016 5m 35s

My friend Bill O'Sale just opened a new retail store down at the corner of High Street and Low Road. I asked him what he's selling this time. He said “raincoats ...”

Episode 226: The May bee song

Jul 27th, 2016 1m 52s

The May bees were buzzing in April / The May bees are heard in July / The May bees will buzz in December / Imagine the things we could try! ...

Episode 225: Adventures in berry-picking

Jul 20th, 2016 6m

The other day down at Elmer's Cafe, a bunch of us regulars were bragging about our most dangerous escapades and feats of derring-do ...

Episode 224: Jessica learns how to be in two places at once

Jul 13th, 2016 6m 20s

It was summer vacation, and Jessica wanted to be in two places at once ...

Episode 223: Jimmy Fingerbutton and the Perpetual Motion Machine

Jul 6th, 2016 11m 38s

My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented a perpetual motion machine. I was the first person he showed it to. I guess he figured I had the right qualifications, on account of I passed high school physics on the first try and I'm pretty good at ke

Episode 222: The ballad of Jeremiah Crumping

Jun 29th, 2016 3m 34s

In Upper Tidwell lived a boy Named Jeremiah Crumping / Who couldn't stand for very long without commencing jumping ...

Episode 221: The aboutness of nothing

Jun 22nd, 2016 5m 45s

My friend Stretch claims to know more about nothing than anybody else on the planet. He said “believe me, there's a lot more to it than most people realize ...”