Lunar Datebook

Jennifer Ellsworth
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Maine Stories and Moon Musing. It's "All Things Considered" for the moon and modern Maine short fiction. Episodes are produced on each New and Full Moon.

  1. 09/18/2019

    Lunar Datebook: Maine based short fiction/essays/interviews

    Episode 103—Autumnal Equinox, 2019 As the yearly wheel spins towards Fall, Lunar Datebook looks at beginnings and endings. Host Jennifer Ellsworth shares an essay about the rite of passage that begins many love affairs, the first kiss; and a memoir about her farming days now ended. Or are they?  My Two First Kisses, a walk in the vineyard, and a good drink in good company.

    18 min

  2. 01/24/2019

    Lunar Datebook: Maine short fiction/interviews/personal essays

    Episode 102—Winter 2019 After sixteen years working for the Chase family, host Jennifer Ellsworth is moving on to see what else is out there. But first she offers lessons learned and experiences gained from the restaurant and farm.  How to Host, the World's Best Bean Picker, and the Last Saturday Breakfast at Chase's Daily.

    34 min

  3. 10/11/2018

    Lunar Datebook: Maine people/ short fiction/ personal essay

    Episode 101—Autumn 2018 Moving blood. This is the clinical definition of life as we know it—a beating heart, circulating oxygen rich blood through the body. It is also the evolutionary end game. Reproduction. Moving our bloodline forward. And a metaphor for inheritance. These themes converge in this season's episode. Host Jennifer Ellsworth interviews dancer Shana Bloomstein, founder of Women's Works, about a piece she created with her daughter. And we read a short story about a gift passed down, called "Obedience." "...Obedience was only 12 years old, yet it had aged well, already taking on the gnarled bark of a much older specimen. A middle-aged bonsai achievement in a short span. This was why Jacob's father won prizes. He aged his plants well..." Essential form in bonsai and life and holding our babies again.

    39 min

  4. 08/11/2018

    Lunar Datebook: radio plays/ short fiction/ personal essays

    Episode 100—August 11, 2018 Welcome to A Lunar Datebook Production's dramatic finish of Eddie Wonders Why, a radio play based on Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex, where the king who loses everything becomes a mafia lord.  Act 2 features Sean Cash, Dr. Liz Yori, Bill Yori, Marsha Coller, Eric Robotaille, Jeremiah Kemberling, and Erik Perkins.  Moon Astrology: New Apple Moon in Leo: Bask in the sun.

    27 min

  5. 07/12/2018

    Lunar Datebook: radio plays/short fiction/ personal essays

    Episode 99—July 12, 2018 Welcome to A Lunar Datebook Production of Eddie Wonders Why, a radio play based on Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus Rex, where the king who loses everything becomes a modern mafia lord.  Act 1 cast features Sean Cash, Bill Yori, Erik Perkins, Eric Robotaille, and Liz Yori, N.D.  Moon Astrology: New Thunder Moon in Cancer: family is everything.

    32 min

  6. 06/13/2018

    Lunar Datebook: Maine stories, interviews, and personal essays

    Episode 98—June 13, 2018 As host Jennifer Ellsworth contemplates sending her firstborn to kindergarten, she interviews two Maine public educators: Don Schultz, one year out of teaching, and Danny Lobo, one year in.  Moon Astrology: New Herb Moon in Gemini: twin tales.  A big pond with different fish, a snort for emphasis, and one question you can't Google.

    34 min

  7. 05/15/2018

    Lunar Datebook: "All Things Considered" for the moon, Maine short fiction, and personal essays

    Episode 97—May 15, 2018 Gorgeous spring has sprung and with it competing interests. Host Jennifer Ellsworth tells the history of the Gemini constellation, and shares the lessons the twins Castor and Pollux have about time management. She also reads an essay about the two sides of her own personality and reads a short story about a different sort of twin, an imaginary friend. It's called "Amen." "...Amen comes every night after my prayers. He comes in through the window and walks across my floors picking up my broken pieces. When he has gathered them all up, we try to put me back together while he tells me stories. Amen tells the best stories..." Moon Astrology: New Dandelion Moon in Taurus: From the ground up.  Swan seduction, gluten-eating orgy, and a river of dreams.

    27 min

  8. 04/15/2018

    Lunar Datebook: Maine short fiction, personal essays, and moon science

    Episode 96—April 15, 2018 May the Force be with you.... Host Jennifer Ellsworth waxes philosophical about where Star Wars, science and religion collide. She also shares Sean Cash's two cents on "instant karma," and reads a poem about living in the moment.  Moon Astrology: New Grass Moon in Aries: Nothing is not nothing.  The Gospel of George Lucas, the Cult of Einstein, and Richard Pryor rules the Dark Side....

    31 min
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Maine Stories and Moon Musing. It's "All Things Considered" for the moon and modern Maine short fiction. Episodes are produced on each New and Full Moon.

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  • Creator
    Jennifer Ellsworth
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2019
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Lunar Datebook