The Unrulies take a spin down the gravel roads and winding curves of the country. Much beauty awaits them, but what lies beneath? Social isolation lurks as well as freedom. And what about the lack of accountability if no one sees what occurs? Yet social rituals endure, and the liberation of children playing in the river. The country is deep, like the sky.
Teaser: Opposite takes on the country by Emily Bronte in Wuthering Heights (1847) and from Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (stories written 1887-1927).
Song 1: “Saturday” (JVM with Dave Merrill and Dan Modaff)
Poem 1: “Memorial Day” by Julie Williams, Minneapolis-based poet, novelist and visual artist. Escaping Tornado Season, HarperCollins 2004, Drama Queens in the House, Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2014
Story excerpt: “A Winter Heart” by Lynn C. Miller, from a book of linked stories in progress. www.lynncmiller.com
Feed the cat break—music by JVM, "Park Bench"
Poem 2: “River-Mind” by Priscilla Long published in bosque 6
(www.bosquepress.com). Her book Holy Magic won the Sally Abiso award from MoonPath Press. www.priscillalong.com
Song 2: “Georgia Pacific 219” sung by Dan Modaff (Dan & John Modaff and Larry Modaff, cd: Dakota Plains)
Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff
Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio
NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #17: “In/Sanity”