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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
Release Date: 09/26/2011
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which I recount my favorite sounds in “Now Hear This;” my not-so-unique talent for snow removal, in “Shovel Ready;” the importance of a flowing mane in “A Man’s Hair Is His Glory;” and a description of my two other God-given talents, which are for parallel parking and estimating prices on Antiques Roadshow, in “What Makes Me Special.”
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which I recount the pain of losing to my son in “Madden 12, Dad 0,” and discuss my unabashed passion for potato chips, except for those sold in the U.K., in “Hello, Mr. Chips.”
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which we learn about my grandmother’s scrapbook from 1929, now falling apart, in “Scrapbooking, 1919”; and explore my father’s metal box of slides from Hawaii in 1957, in “Kodachrome Treasure Box.”
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
A special podcast for those who, like me, believe the holidays can never come too early: “Reindeer on the Roof” and “Happy Holidays from Me and Elvis.”
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which we learn about my grandmother’s scrapbook from 1929, now falling apart, in “Scrapbooking, 1919”; and explore my father’s metal box of slides from Hawaii in 1957, in “Kodachrome Treasure Box.”
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
Listen to "May 28, 1917," an essay about my uncle, Lt. John V. Curry. He died in the first big U.S. engagement in WWI, the Battle of Cantigny. Then hear about how his mother went to visit his grave in France on a Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage in 1930, in "Sara Curry Is Grateful."
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which I admit to occasionally--okay, frequently--lying to my children, in "Pants on Fire"; and take great pride in my "Three Typewriters."
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which I discuss my "Bittersweet Memories" of defoliation; and my concerns about my children's deathly nicknames for me, in "Dad, By Any Other Name."
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Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry
In which I describe "A History of the World in 1 Object," with apologies to the BBC and British Museum; and remember the gustatory joy the neighborhood dogs once experienced on garbage day, in "Al Fresco."
info_outlineIn which we learn about my grandmother’s scrapbook from 1929, now falling apart, in “Scrapbooking, 1919”; and explore my father’s metal box of slides from Hawaii in 1957, in “Kodachrome Treasure Box.”