Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAward Winning Audio Drama from Huron City Radio. Winner of Outstanding Drama Fiction Podcast and Best Writing Script Fiction Podcast, and Nominated for Best Lead Performance in Fiction Podcast at New Jersey WebFest 2021. Tales of wonder, joy and sorrow, as Walter remembers the people and events that shaped him growing up by Lake Huron in the Grey Water Area. Each month triggers memories of times past, when things were different, but people were much the same. Featuring Marty Garavaglia as Walter.
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Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - July
September 10, 2023 11:27 - 21 minutes - 25.1 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. July, the time of fireworks and celebration of a country's birth, but the land was here long before anyone had called it a name. Walter and his friends are trying to stave of the boredom of the long Summer Holidays when they find something buried on the beach. It turns out to be n...
Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - June
March 18, 2023 00:47 - 25 minutes - 29.3 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. June, when the days are long, and time seems to come to a standstill. Young Walter is struck by how time would take him from one end of the Summer holidays to the other, but how? What is time? So Walter makes a pact with the Summer Solstice, and wants to see the sun rise and set a...
Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - May
October 26, 2022 23:57 - 24 minutes - 44.4 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. May, when flowers bloom and teens enjoy the fruits of prom. But not all is well as Walter is confronted with the double standards handed to his brother and sister at prom time. Walter wants things to be fair, and will do everything he can to make it happen, even if he does not unde...
Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - April
April 09, 2022 17:46 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. April, a time of rain, of Spring, of looking forward to growth and new beginnings. And Walter has the potential of a new friend ship with Jack Brody. Jack is a rough kid, with a reputation, and the adults in Walter's life are not sure of his growing companionship with Jack. But Wa...
Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - March
September 11, 2021 02:58 - 24 minutes - 44.5 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. March, a time of hard ground and the promise of spring, of a thawing landscape and new growth beneath the surface. And as far as nine year Walter is concerned, isn't this what spring is like the whole world over? But his Father brings home a book about spring in the South of France...
Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - February
March 31, 2021 16:44 - 22 minutes - 41.8 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. February brings a lot of snow in the Kitten Sate. Lakeshore effect snow causes drifts that make getting out and about difficult, especially in the country side. And the deep snow brings memories of snowball fights, and of being the youngest sibling, the youngest cousin, and an all...
Uncle Walter's Year of Wonder - January
March 31, 2021 15:44 - 26 minutes - 48.9 MBUncle Walter's Year of Wonder. Near Lake Huron, in the Grey Water Area, Uncle Water recalls growing up in the 70's, before computers, before unsocial media, and before people forgot what was important. January is cold in The Kitten State. The wind sweeps brutally across the landscape as Walter remembers Annie, an energetic, confident and amazing girl some two and half years older than the 11 year old Walter. Annie wants to go skating with Walter and his sister Jackie. Trouble is...