• The Ghost with Two White Eyes
    Oct 15 2024

    In this episode we feature an old campfire ghost story, enhanced by Myron Hieronymous Thomas. Three travelers are confronted by a ghost of a confederate soldier while spending the night in an old hotel in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas.

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    18 mins
  • Berts Thanksgiving
    Nov 6 2024

    In this episode we share a story written by J. T. Trowbridge (September 18, 1827 – February 12, 1916) In this short Thanksgiving story, Trowbridge takes us back to 19th century Boston to experience the sharing of the Thanksgiving spirit by two strangers of differing generations. We experience a much different era, when newspaper boys sold their papers on the street corner, shouting “EXTRA! EXTRA!” Read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas, it is a heartwarming story of how reaching out to offer someone a moment of kindness may often bring life changing results for all involved.

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    21 mins
  • Why He Carried the Turkey by James Baldwin
    Nov 19 2024

    In this episode we feature a classic story from James Baldwin, "Why He Carried the Turkey", which details good heart of John Marshall, (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835. Marshall remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longest serving justice in Supreme Court history, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices to ever sit on the Supreme Court. Read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas.

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    6 mins
  • Thanksgiving Poems
    Nov 24 2024

    In this Episode we feature several Thanksgiving Poems from classic authors, including Lydia Maria Child “The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day”, John Greenleaf Whittier "The Pumpkin”, Myron Hieronymous Thomas “Autumn in Ohio".

    All read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas.

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    12 mins
  • A Thanksgiving Story
    Nov 27 2024

    In this Episode Host & Reader Myron Hieronymous Thomas shares a story about a Thanksgiving Dinner and the challenges that were overcome. Written & read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas.

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    18 mins
  • Christmas Traditions Around the World
    Nov 30 2024

    In this Episode we feature some Christmas Traditions Around the World including theCzech Republic, France,UK, Spain, Mexico & Germany. Read by Myron Hieronymous.

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    16 mins
  • The Gift of the Magi by O'Henry
    Dec 3 2024

    In this episode we return to the early 20th century for a classic story by O. Henry, The gift of the Magi. This story was originally published on Dec 10, 1905, in The New York Sunday World as "Gifts of the Magi." It was subsequently published as The Gift of the Magi in O. Henry's 1906 short story collection The Four Million. William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. Read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas.

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    18 mins
  • Christmas Poems
    Dec 9 2024

    In this Episode we will present some Christmas Poems about the jolly old elf, Santa Claus. We will begin with a little known poem "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" it is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, two years before the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night before Christmas"). It is the first known publication to mention (and illustrate) Santa Claus's reindeer and his sleigh, as well as being the first to describe his arrival on Christmas Eve. Read by Myron Hieronymous Thomas.

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    22 mins