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    • Yule
      10/30/2025
      What a horror! My premise was innocent enough—a simple attempt to lend a Poe-like atmosphere to the old story The Night Before Christmas. But as I wrote, the poem took on a life of its own, as if some intelligence not my own had seized the pen. Shadows deepened, laughter hollowed, and what began as a melancholy Christmas reflection twisted into something far darker. […more]
    • Bernard Treves’s Boots – Part 5
      09/19/2025
      Some stories remind us of peace in chaos. Others drag us into the peril of lives lived on a knife’s edge. This episode of The Windy Valley Digest podcast delivers both. […more]
    • Country Sights for Little Folks – Part 10
      09/12/2025
      Step back into the 19th century with us, Country Sights for Little Folks continues with another look into the pages of 19th-century children’s reading. Sometimes the lessons are playful, sometimes curious, and sometimes a little uncomfortable through today’s eyes. […more]
    • Bernard Treves’s Boots – Part 4
      09/05/2025
      Welcome to Episode 6 of the Windy Valley Digest Podcast—a milestone moment for us. This episode has quickly become the most successful installment of the series so far. In this installment, we bring together two powerful threads: a voice carried across time from the Great War, and the unfolding chapters of Bernard Treves’s Boots, a serialized tale of espionage and mistaken identity. Both narratives, though very different in form, touch on themes of courage, deception, and the hidden battles fought in the shadows. […more]
    • Country Sights for Little Folks – Part 09
      08/15/2025
      Ever wondered how wheat was sown before modern machinery? And when the work was done? The farmyard came alive — pigs rooting, poultry scratching, wagons creaking, and a bit of good-natured haggling over hedge work. […more]

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