Essentially Harmless: The Pollen Files

A Fading Friendship

Best friends, inseparable, until one day they weren't. Two boys in my neighborhood have gone their separate ways, and I don't know why. Or what will happen next. So I imagine endings for a story whose truth I'll never know. How would you write their next chapter? 📖 Read A Fading Friendship on my website [https://dkwall.com/musings/a-fading-friendship/?utm_source=transistor_fm&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musings_and_tales&utm_term=podcast&utm_content=fading_friendship] Hello, I'm D. K. Wall, author of novels and short stories. Welcome to Musings and Tales. Whether it's a story I'm spinning or a thought I'm sharing from my home here in Asheville, it's all 100% true... except for the parts I make up. 📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories [https://dkwall.com]. ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://shop.dkwall.com/pages/donate] Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you! 🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app [https://musings-tales.dkwall.com/subscribe] I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much for being a listener. Happy Reading! All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

Tick Tock

Time moves differently in a warm, still room. Liam counts the minutes to escape, certain it will last forever. The clock has other ideas. A short tale about the daydream we never quite outgrow—the one where freedom is always just a few minutes away. You might recognize the feeling. 📖 Read Tick Tock on my website [https://dkwall.com/musings/tick-tock/?utm_source=transistor_fm&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musings_and_tales&utm_term=podcast&utm_content=tick_tock] Hello, I'm D. K. Wall, author of novels and short stories. Welcome to Musings and Tales. Whether it's a story I'm spinning or a thought I'm sharing from my home here in Asheville, it's all 100% true... except for the parts I make up. 📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories [https://dkwall.com]. ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://shop.dkwall.com/pages/donate] Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you! 🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app [https://musings-tales.dkwall.com/subscribe] I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much for being a listener. Happy Reading! All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

To Boldly Split That Infinitive

I lost a point in college for writing "to boldly go." Turns out the grammar guides say otherwise, and I've been splitting infinitives ever since. Join me as I take a friendly swing at one of the most persistent grammar myths in the English language. Where did it come from? Why won't it die? And what do Chicago, Dreyer, and a certain starship captain have to say about it? Pull up a chair. This won't hurt a bit. 📖 Read To Boldly Split That Infinitive on my website [https://dkwall.com/musings/to-boldly-split-that-infinitive/?utm_source=transistor_fm&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musings_and_tales&utm_term=podcast&utm_content=to_boldly_split] Hello, I'm D. K. Wall, author of novels and short stories. Welcome to Musings and Tales. Whether it's a story I'm spinning or a thought I'm sharing from my home here in Asheville, it's all 100% true... except for the parts I make up. 📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories [https://dkwall.com]. ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://shop.dkwall.com/pages/donate] Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you! 🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app [https://musings-tales.dkwall.com/subscribe] I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much for being a listener. Happy Reading! All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

Who Puts Carpet in a Jeep?

Who puts carpet in a Jeep Wrangler? This week, a mostly-true investigation into Siberian Huskies, dog hair magnets, and the great cargo-liner conspiracy. 📖 Read Who Puts Carpet in a Jeep? on my website [https://dkwall.com/musings/who-puts-carpet-in-a-jeep/?utm_source=transistor_fm&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musings_and_tales&utm_term=podcast&utm_content=carpet_in_jeep] Hello, I'm D. K. Wall, author of novels and short stories. Welcome to Musings and Tales. Whether it's a story I'm spinning or a thought I'm sharing from my home here in Asheville, it's all 100% true... except for the parts I make up. 📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories [https://dkwall.com]. ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://shop.dkwall.com/pages/donate] Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you! 🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app [https://musings-tales.dkwall.com/subscribe] I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much for being a listener. Happy Reading! All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

Note to Self

I promised my Ever Patient Partner in Life I'd do something. I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget. You can probably guess what happened next. The curse of to-do lists strikes again. Will I ever get organized? 📖 Read Note to Self on my website [https://dkwall.com/musings/note-to-self/?utm_source=transistor_fm&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=musings_and_tales&utm_term=podcast&utm_content=note_to_self] Hello, I'm D. K. Wall, author of novels and short stories. Welcome to Musings and Tales. Whether it's a story I'm spinning or a thought I'm sharing from my home here in Asheville, it's all 100% true... except for the parts I make up. 📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories [https://dkwall.com]. ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://shop.dkwall.com/pages/donate] Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you! 🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app [https://musings-tales.dkwall.com/subscribe] I hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much for being a listener. Happy Reading! All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.