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NO JUNK MAIL

James R. von Feldt•www.buzzsprout.com
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Grampa Jim tells about what's going on in town this week. It's small-town drama with a bit of humor here and there. Sometimes re-telling the stories of when he was a boy in Washington state during World War 2. Check out Books on AMAZON: THE TRADING POST and KIDNAPPED, by James R. von Feldt.
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TRADING POST CHAPTER 10, DAY 7

Send us a text We have to get to the Trading Post but which way to go? Is it East or West, and how will we get there? Boys injured need medical help now!

Jul 21, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 12

TRADING POST CHAPTER 9, DAY 6 continued

Send us a text The injured boys go back to camp but there is urgent work to be done; the injured cougar has to be killed.

Jul 07, 2023•13 min•Season 3Ep. 11

TRADING POST - CHAPTERS 2 and 3

Send us a text Saturday was exciting and exhausting. Daryl's injury kept him from sleeping soundly, but as the boys start their second day in the woods, their energy is high. It hasn't occurred to them that they are lost.

Apr 14, 2023•44 min•Season 3Ep. 5

THE TRADING POST An Audiobook, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER 1

Send us a text See through the eyes of the young and innocent: faced with challenges they had not imagined, hardship and adventure in which they triumphed and failed, pain they suffered and evil they were to confront. An American tale of young boys during World War II living in Vancouver, Washington.

Mar 24, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 4

GROWING UP

Send us a text The war was raging, and everyone was busy attending to their jobs. We were left on our own a lot - all the kids were. It was exciting and sometimes scary. We were growing up quick.

Mar 12, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 3

ACROSS THE COLUMBIA, A NEW FREEDOM

Send us a text Homeless for a while in Portland. Wartime activities everywhere. Hustle here, hustle there, ships, airplanes, adrenaline all around. Trips around the area to see what it's all about stretched imagination to the limits. A whole town built in 110 days. Three shipyards turning out ships as if they were cars on an assembly line. The world had never seen anything like it. I was there.

Feb 04, 2023•9 min•Season 3Ep. 3

WORLD WAR II, TRAVELING WEST

Send us a text World War II was raging. Workers were streaming west to take jobs in the shipyards along the Columbia River. The whole world had gone mad, and yet a child's world was just forming. It leads to a fictional story that isn't all that fictional.

Jan 27, 2023•8 min•Season 3Ep. 2

TEXAS WINTER FROM HELL - ARCHIVE

Send us a text A Winter Visit To TEXAS in February; what a great idea. So, what could possibly go wrong?

Jan 02, 2023•18 min•Season 3Ep. 1

THE NEW YEAR'S EVE MYSTERY - ARCHIVE

Send us a text It's New Year's Eve at the Gas & Grill. A terrible snowstorm is bearing down on the area. The lights go out all over town. A desperate man stumbles in the door ...

Dec 26, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 22

A CHRISTMAS STORY - ARCHIVE

Send us a text Our town is decorated and everyone is getting ready for Christmas. What happens when the kids have a great idea and want to surprise the whole town? It's going to take hard work but they can do it.

Dec 19, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 20

LETTER FROM HOME

Send us a text In our town, news travels fast. There is a newspaper in the nearby town of Bloomfield, but it only comes out once a week and most times is way behind the news. Besides that, it hardly ever tells the whole story. This week's letter to Brett fills in some of the gaps; the wreck, the fire, the Pavillion, and more.

Dec 16, 2022•9 min•Season 2Ep. 21

THE BANK ROBBERY

Send us a text Life goes on with everyday events, special events getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas and then there was the bank robbery.

Nov 19, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 19

OFF TO WAR - ARCHIVE

Send us a text Decisions, decisions, decisions; life is full of them - some good, some bad. When someone from our town makes a big one you can count on comments.

Oct 29, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 18

TRUCKIN ON THE FARM

Send us a text Back in The Day learning to drive horses was a challenge, still is for Amish today. The challenge we reached for were mechanical marvels; an old Oliver tractor, a 32 Ford truck. The story of how I learned to drive the truck is part of family history.

Oct 17, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 17

THE BIG DIG - ARCHIVE

Send us a text Not much going on this week till the Department of Transportation showed up to do a project on Main street. We were on TV waving and shouting encouragement. We're OK. The firemen have left.

Oct 09, 2022•10 min•Season 2Ep. 16

THE SEA MONSTER

Send us a text Story Time at the park is a regular event. We read stories, the children make up plays based on the story, then present them on the stage. Today's story was interrupted by Alafair, a visitor in town. He has a story to tell.

Sep 30, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 15

FIREHOUSE-FIREFIGHT

Send us a text Change comes hard in our town. We cling to the customs and practices handed down to us from years past; they mean a lot to us. They give us identity. It's who we are. And yet, change has a way of sneaking in.

Aug 25, 2022•12 min•Season 2Ep. 14

MAGGIE THE CAT - ARCHIVE

Send us a text MAGGIE the CAT. If you missed this story - it's back again. It is the most popular of all the short stories on the NO JUNK MAIL podcast. Maggie the cat; what can I say. Cats are a special thing in our town, especially Maggie who was never domesticated but decided to become part of our family anyway. Her adventure -- going to the vets, is one of the stories of our town narrated in NO JUNK MAIL....

Jul 21, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 13

BIG IDEAS

Send us a text Out in the country and in the farmland, good-paying jobs are scarce. We've had our ups and downs with the economy like everybody else but we want to do something about it. This is America, the land of opportunity, and with that comes BIG IDEAS. A letter to Brett reveals some hometown news and the latest Big Idea.

Jun 11, 2022•9 min•Season 2Ep. 11

CONSPIRACY

Send us a text Conspiracy, conspiracy, conspiracy, they're all around us. And, they're driving us to distraction at the Gas&Grill. Listen in as the discussion jumps from one to another.

May 31, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 10

FIGHT- NIGHT

Send us a text Where do young men get the courage required to stand up to adversity? Fred Meeks, our barber in Bloomfield tells us his story.

Apr 28, 2022•11 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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