Howell Creek Radio
From an unlicensed transmitter deep within the forests of northern Minnesota, Howell Creek Radio transmits weekly addresses combining weather, personal yarns, shipping reports, poetry and literature. Read transcripts and get more info at howellcreekradio.com. **No Longer Being Updated**
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 96
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2014
Thinking in Ribbons and Smudges
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Radio address for February 17, 2010, guest-starring my Smith-Corona Super Sterling (not, as it might sound, a gun, but a typewriter). The ex…
The Voice of the Bard
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Some things are hidden from your senses until you say “yes.”
A Hand Up on Deck
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How far apart we are when we start; how good it really is to come on board!
A Kind of Runic Rhythm
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Hammer-swinging and lumber-fumbling are happily put on hold due to fresh snow. I form a new exclusive association based on a silly battle cry. Notion-planting …
The Bee-Loud Glade
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Radio address for Feb 11, 2009. Some kinds of honey are a little too authentic, even for me.
The Month after Midnight
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An impression of January that is fine, lasting, and hard to convey; some poetry; and a small dose of tired but devoted thought.
We'll Dance And We'll Sing Love
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In which ever-rarer and older Christmas songs are sampled like fine cheeses.
Happy Thanksgiving
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Radio address for Thanksgiving Day, 2008. The bulk of today’s address comes from Charles Laughton – a part of a 1960s recording that MPR broadcasts every year …
Intermission to Follow
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Radio address for November 20, 2008, which I saved out of the wastebasket and the cutting floor.
An Older Flavour, Preserved in Isolation
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Radio address for November 12, 2008, involving Thermoclines, the Odd Days, and working in the dirt and the dark.
The Smoke Makes You Think You're Alone
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Radio address for November 2, 2008. I opened Pandora’s box the week before all these ghastly holidays, and let out a swarm of dark visions.
Snowing at the Mast
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Regarding emotions-as-colors, and the coming of snow, and all that that implies. Relish the risk.
Clear His Table of Its Clutter
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Radio address for October 21, 2008, on the number 23, building a house, and some lines from an old biography.
A Feast in the Woods
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Radio address for October 14, 2008, involving primarily Leaves and Squirrels.
A Very Mild Solution
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Radio address for October 8, 2008, involving overheard radio snippets, a spot of philosophy, and Snoo’s newfound athleticism.
A Walk in the Dark
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Involving an evening walk, the two kinds of Qualms, family aliases and the value of fashion even in total darkness.
Fall in your Heels
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Back from summer break! Bear with me as I reminisce, complain just a little, and talk breifly about Saxon racism.
An Easy Style But Not Flowing
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Bringing you up to speed on beards, racoons, the house project, and my first insurance physical.
Still Going
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I contemplated a summer hiatus. Thoughts on Christ’s perspective. My little sister has easy solutions for hard problems.
Big Faces
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I saw a billboard on the way into work. Realtors don’t seem real in pictures, and insurance agents are downright scary.