Over 80 - Telling Knick Knacks

Jane Nelson O'Leary
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Memories, stories and considerations by a somewhat advanced age woman who expresses humor, an age past and occasionally sentimentality.

  1. Episode #28 Envying Owls

    JAN 3

    Episode #28 Envying Owls

    Observations about owls.Brief discussion about dressing birds, animals for meals, step-by-step description of an old woman dressing herself.

    24 min
  2. Over 80 #27 Good Grief!

    09/22/2025

    Over 80 #27 Good Grief!

    Good Grief! begins with connections made among Midwesterners and then is descriptive of kids in a family. A story of a young adult climbing a water tower is followed by a discussion of how Midwest connections become important to an occasion. The episode ends with a discussion of living with personal grief.

    19 min
  3. Over 80 #26 Barrows, Capons and Steers

    08/29/2025

    Over 80 #26 Barrows, Capons and Steers

    Author's self description of her background and younger years and gender naming of farm animals

    23 min
  4. KnickKnack #25 Four Score

    07/11/2025

    KnickKnack #25 Four Score

    Reaching that certain old age. Life purposes regarding religion and politics. Old age injuries.

    21 min
  5. KnickKnack #24 Dinky Living

    05/06/2025

    KnickKnack #24 Dinky Living

    A discussion about small town living in the Midwest. How "city folks" perceive small towns, how they think about the Midwest and how new comers can adjust to small towns are featured.

    22 min
  6. #23 People You Don't Really Know

    04/14/2025

    #23 People You Don't Really Know

    Over 80 - Telling Knick Knacks

    19 min
  7. KnickKnack #22 Mushy March

    03/14/2025

    KnickKnack #22 Mushy March

    Over 80 - Telling Knick Knacks

    20 min
  8. KnickKnack #21 Commitments and Confession

    03/10/2025

    KnickKnack #21 Commitments and Confession

    Jane discusses the podcast, a term paper about regional pronunciations, and her playing for church for nearly 70 years. She also describes embarrassing scoldings during church, and the Baptist Church she attended until about the age of 10. She tells a story of a church argument about cleaning up after horses, and pictures her aunts and uncles in church. She finally confesses how she turned in an improperly written term paper.

    23 min
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