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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 qual...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 11:38
In Upper Tidwell lived a boy Named Jeremiah Crumping / Who couldn't stand for very long without commencing jumping ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 03:34
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 peopl...
- Added: Jun 22, 2016
- Length: 05:45
Marco always dreamed about traveling to faraway places. All his life, he had never been anywhere – unless you counted his grandmother's house, whi...
- Added: Jun 15, 2016
- Length: 04:42
By the way, Vern swears there are no dragons in this story ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2016
- Length: 04:11
Here's a little song in honor of the Springtime planting season ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2016
- Length: 01:40
Well, I'll say one thing about the Gumption Track: it's well-marked. The roadies did not skimp on signage, even though it seems like they never a...
- Added: Apr 28, 2016
- Length: 10:17
Here's another little song for the kids: when you think about it, bees are just Nature's miniature flying alarum clocks ...
- Added: Apr 20, 2016
- Length: 01:53
There were two new faces down at Elmer's Cafe the other day. I walked in the door, saw this young couple sitting on the six and seven stools, talk...
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 08:13
Theophilus Papadopoulos had to write an essay for school. It was supposed to be about a famous philosopher, and it couldn't be about anybody he kn...
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 05:19
A West African folktale in which dishonesty is revealed through a dance competition.
- Added: Apr 01, 2016
- Length: 03:19
Well, the rain never let up, from dawn till dusk ... although, in all fairness, I don't know if you could even call it a dawn, seeing as how nobody...
- Added: Mar 30, 2016
- Length: 05:15
Here's a little song about a snowman who rolled into town at the tail end of Winter ...
- Added: Mar 30, 2016
- Length: 01:54
My friend Miles Walker and I were hiking down the Yonder Track on our way to Glory not too long ago. You know Glory – the legendary city where all...
- Added: Mar 30, 2016
- Length: 05:53
In Parker’s 22nd book, it’s high noon up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Mammoth Falls, 7880 feet above sea level. The air smells like snow, memo...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Mar 17, 2016
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 2
Sue Spender was on her way to school one morning when she found a penny lying heads-down on the sidewalk. She wondered how it got there. Could it...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 06:32
As far as I'm concerned, Gumption is the kind of place where the only reason to go there is to say you've been there ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 06:22
Young Brian was always asking questions. He wanted to know how the world worked. He wanted to know why it worked. He wanted to know when it work...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 06:52
JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Feb 24, 2016
- Length: 09:57
- Purchases: 2
In a future world, we have lost the technology for video/film/picture or recorded image. It is against their religion to draw or be involved with ...
- Added: Feb 24, 2016
- Length: 09:32
I caught up with my friend Stretch the other day. He was headed north out of town, along the Coastal Road. I said "hey, Stretch. Where are you g...
- Added: Feb 17, 2016
- Length: 08:55
Another song for the kids: Imagine if you could see yourself in a snowflake! ...
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 01:22
My friend Vern Acular is a self-taught illuminato of the natural world. He rarely comes into town anymore. Instead, he's always out roaming the W...
- Added: Feb 05, 2016
- Length: 05:00
Jessica worried that someday, somebody might catch her using magic. That would be disastrous! They wouldn't understand that she only used her pow...
- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 04:42
I found my friend Vern Acular standing at the top of Down Hill with a very long stick in his hands. He looked like he was about to play piñata wit...
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 04:47
