In this episode, Lynn and John visit the human urge to reach out and connect and stay connected, to collect and sometimes even hoard, the stoic keep-on-keeping-on tendency. What are the ways we keep the faith and endure when times are tough? Determination and doggedness have their place! Check your own impulses as you are transported into the realm of persistence. “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” Sound familiar?
Song 1: “Your Arms Around Me” (by Dan Modaff & Jennifer Butler Modaff, performed by Dan Modaff with Good Enough, from the album Saturday’s Child)
Poem 1: “The Trees Were Filled With Blossoms But No Bees,” by Katherine Seluja. From her poetry collection Point of Entry (University of New Mexico Press, 2023). Katherine is a Santa Fe-based poet, writer, and speaker.
Fiction: “Holding On,” a short story by Lynn C. Miller. Her fifth novel, The Surrogate, came out in March 2026 from the University of Wisconsin Press. www.lynncmiller.com
Feed the Cat Break: “Lollygagging” (John V Modaff)
Poem 2: “Disposition” by Kelly Yenser. This poem was originally published in the Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review. Kelly is working on a new poetry collection.
Song 2: “Not OK” (composed & performed by John V Modaff)
Episode artwork by Lynda Miller /
Theme & original incidental music, John V. Modaff, BMI
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY / Produced at The Creek Studio
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