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Wendell Cook remembers nighttime hikes through the North Georgia mountains, where strange sounds, old legends and an eerie glow called foxfire fueled a boy’s imagination. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-wendell-cook/

This week on The Sundial Writer's Corner, we’re going back to 1963, a year when Huntsville was changing fast, and history was happening all around it. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-jimmy-robinson/

Hear this week's Sundial Writer's Corner, featuring Leslie Worthington! For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-leslie-worthington/

Although she considers herself an amateur birder, Susan Lucille Davis often finds winged creatures showing up in her poems, whether they are the common songbirds that arrive at her feeders or the wild turkeys she spots on a family property in Keel Hollow. The poems she reads today share her interest in birds' behavior and how they cause us to reflect on our own lives. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-susan-davis/

In this episode of The Sundial Writer's Corner, Donna Estill shares her story "Hands." For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-donna-estill/

Sri Bhooshanan describes his passion for a sport that beguiles like a siren song and causes his descent into the alluring world of Pickleball. Will he come out of it ok? For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-sri-bhooshanan/

What do a rubber ball, an old nylon stocking, and a 1950s Toronto schoolyard have in common? Patricia Sammon takes us back to a childhood game that was simple, dizzying, and unforgettable.   For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-patricia-sammon/

In this episode of The Sundial Writers Corner, we hear from a married couple- a retired US Army counterintelligence officer & a teacher of history, art, and religion. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-john-jane-davis/

In this episode of The Sundial Writers Corner, veteran contributor Rose Battle shares a story of motherhood's struggle and the humor it sometimes involves in "My Baby Running With Pinky." For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-rose-battle/

Author and Poet Donna Geise pays tribute to two men whose impact on the world was intended to inspire young and old alike. One in the face of tragedy, and the other from the living rooms of millions of viewers around the world. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-donna-geise/

In this special tribute episode, SWC remembers the late, great, Microwave Dave Gallaher, who would have turned 80 this week. Listen to Dave’s 2020 Sundial piece, in which he shared music’s magical way of taking away our loneliness. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-tribute-to-dave-gallaher/

In this episode, new Sundial Contributor Victor M. Martin shares a story about how retirement isn’t the end of one’s adventures, but merely a slight change of their direction - with an excerpt from his book NORTH OF ORDINARY. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-victor-m-martin/

New Sundial Contributor Trey Cornelius ushers us past Easter and into Spring with poetic reflections on Peace, Joy, and Faith. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-trey-cornelius/

On this episode of The Sundial Writers Corner, Sundial Author Anna Lee recalls an almost-forgotten tragedy that unfolded on Alabama's Black Warrior River over a hundred years ago: The Sinking of The Mary Frances. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/the-sundial-writers-corner-anna-lee/

Sundial Author Beth Anne Hill reminds us that some currency, even that which is destined to be removed from circulation, still plays an important role in the bank of our life’s memories. For transcripts, video, and more information: https://wlrh.org/episode/5110/