Grandpa Bill's Stories
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -In these stories Grandpa Bill sets sail to find treasure in troubled waters.
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Episodes
Ooops! How embarassing!
December 21, 2022 18:18 - 8 minutes - 7.5 MBCamping out brings you closer to nature.
Regrets, I have a few . . .
November 27, 2022 20:40 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBEveryone makes mistakes, don't they? This was a doozy.
Eat Your Vegetables, An Odyssey
August 17, 2022 21:09 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MBLessons in survival that every boy should know.
Out of the Garden
June 23, 2022 15:58 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBSome events change your way of looking at the world.
Time Break Two
January 21, 2022 22:07 - 8 minutes - 8.32 MBA session in which my family and I test my hasty theory . . . can it fly? and the result.
Break Time
January 17, 2022 20:25 - 6 minutes - 6.42 MBThis may have happened to you. A careless accident resulting from haste set me to reflect on life.
Fire Work
November 14, 2021 16:33 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThis episode is a cautionary tale for young scientists. Some discoveries are dangerous or lead to trouble . . .
Work in the Hospital is not for everyone
September 13, 2021 20:19 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThere is no substitute for experience. A Summer job can teach you a lot, or so I concluded.
Drug Store
August 07, 2021 20:41 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MBWorking as a paper boy gave way to a more serious job and the excitement of working for Slattery's Pharmacy.
The Spitting Image
August 03, 2021 22:41 - 8 minutes - 7.62 MBReflections on memory and my first job
Magic Man
May 31, 2021 20:22 - 7 minutes - 6.62 MBDo you believe in magic? This is the story of how magic entered my life.
Off the Beaten Path
March 04, 2021 23:46 - 7 minutes - 7.13 MBA time it was good to do one of those matters that had been put off . . . til someday.
More Aesop
December 27, 2020 23:28 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBIn the The Fox and the Crow, the sly fox demonstrates how it is done. In The Mouse and The Lion the clever mouse repays a favor.
A reading from Aesop's Fables
December 25, 2020 19:19 - 3 minutes - 3.51 MBThe ancient story of the race between the hare and the tortoise. The wise old story of the cat's discussion of how to put a bell on the cat.
Song of the Lake
August 08, 2020 18:24 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MBMemories of a family vacation that now seems as if it was in another world.
Playing With Fire
January 01, 2020 21:32 - 6 minutes - 5.9 MBSo here it is revealed that I was not always a model child.
Lumpy Ribs
September 01, 2019 17:08 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBEarly memories of breakfast oatmeal call up scenes from childhood
97th Street
June 22, 2019 18:43 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBGrandpa Bill describes his house and old neighborhood on the far south side of Chicago.
Help Needed
June 22, 2019 18:02 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBA story about asking for help from Grandpa Bill.